Antennas at WY6K

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Antenna installation as of August, 2000

On top is a Force 12 Magnum 715 (7 element 15 meter monobander) and on the bottom is a Hygain 205BA (5 elements on 20 meters). The top of the mast is at about 88 feet.   Since then I've added a 5 element 10 meter beam just above the rotator.   Notice the mast steps that are made from aluminum angle stock with anti skid applied. They allow me to easily climb up the mast to work on the antennas. There is a pulley (a sailboat block) mounted on a plate at the very top of the mast (just barely visible). I run a halyard through this pulley to lift the antennas into place.

The old setup

This is what the antennas looked like while I was still in California.  On top is a Hygain 155BAS, in the middle is a Hygain 205BAS, and on the bottom is a great KLM 3 element 40 meter yagi.  The tower is a TriEx LM470 motorized crankup, which is about 68 feet high when extended.  The mast is 22 feet long, with about 2.5 feet in the tower and the rest above the tower.  The rotator is an HDR 300, which has worked flawlessly.

A longer view

This picture provides a better perspective.

The new 7 element 15 meter Antenna

I put this up in the spring of 2000. It is a 7 element 15 meter monobander made by Force 12. When this photo was taken, I had taken down the three antennas seen in the previous two photos. This is the antenna that I used in the 2000 CQ WPX contests (both for CW and SSB weekends) in the single band single operator category.  It must have worked okay because I placed first in the sixth call district.

Cushcraft R7 vertical

Here's the Cushcraft R7 vertical that I use for 40 meters. It doesn't work all that well, but I have been able to work a few countries with it. You get spoiled by monoband yagis.