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DXPEDITION
EMLEY MOOR TOWER 08-03-09
After our visit to Whitby on our last
dxpedition and our vertical cp6 letting us down myself 2e0ijk + Dave m3ytv made
repairs to the trap as the coil inside had come off the rivet due to poor
manufacturing. After the repair was complete the weekend arrived and myself and
Emma m6eow set off to Emley Moor Mast at 10:30am to meet Greg m6son. We arrived
there around 11:15 and it was very cold. Myself and Greg started putting
together the now repaired diamond cp6 and after a couple of minutes of being in
the cold we couldn't feel our fingers. After braving the weather it was finally
up, after all it was only a test visit to see if the
trap repair was a success. After a few short tests
across the bands the S.W.R was perfect and the antenna performing as normal. I
had a short qso on 40 metre's with Henry DL4DQ and had no trouble at all while
in the qso the ant
enna
performed as it should of.
My Diamond CP6 is one of four antenna's that has had the same poor manufacturing of the rivet within the trap causing a high S.W.R to occur while transmitting but when this repair is carried out from my tests seems to perform as normal if not better. Below are pictures of the very cold and snowy day that we had at Emley Moor Mast. Next time we visit will be in the summer as its a cold location to visit in the winter time.
Video's of the day can be found by clicking on the picture below.
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WHITBY 01-03-2009
My first dxpedition took place at English Lighthouse 164 in Whitby North Yorkshire.
We set off at 08:00am and made our way down the A64 to Whitby. We arrived at the Lighthouse
at 09:30am. After finding a good spot for the antenna we unpacked the car and assembled the antenna.
After the antenna was up in the air we checked the bands and noticed that the antenna had developed
a high S.W.R reading and was fluctuating up and down from been good one minute to bad the next. After
taking the antenna down I noticed one of the traps at the top was loose so decided to pack the antenna
back up and repair it for our next event when we returned home. We went on to use the antennas on my
vehicle which work really well. I worked the following stations and would like to thank them
all for returning to my Cq calls.
UA1ZKW, UT7NW, EA4FLS, EW1IP, UA1OHC, UA3VSX, UX5VL, EW7LZ, RN3DY, EA5OL, RU3EG, EA1GEG, IZ7EUB, RA1CW, W1OW, IZ8ESX, YT1PR, EA5HH, RW1ZQ, RW3TY, UA3BM, UT1FG/MM, HA8BR, UT/K7UWN, UR5DDU + RU3DG
CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW TO VIEW VIDEO FROM THE DAY
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