September 2015 – Indiana Elmer Network

2015 Indianapolis Radio Club Hill-Top contest at Weakly Hill at Hendricks County.

September 27, 2015September 27, 2015admin

At the hill top contest in Hendricks County were 16 Participants. We operated 2m FM, 2m SSB, 10m SSB, 6M FM and we may have had 6m SSB but I am not certain of that. Weakly hill was at 1030 feet and I created a home brew 2m SSB antenna. After failing to keep it in a tree we moved it to a tripod at maybe 1045 ft…

2m SSB antenna experiment

September 26, 2015September 26, 2015admin

AC9HP Created a 2m dipole for SSB use. Put it vertical into the front window and worked like a champ with the 5 watt wouxun radio on FM as well.

Antenna Rotor reinstall

September 6, 2015September 6, 2015admin

Steve N9UIB, Jacob N9MAN and Alex KD9EJS were able to install a new antenna rotor on an exisitng antenna system to replace one that had froze up for Eric N9KDB. The install took about an hour and a half and was a very hot experence. No amateurs were actually injured during this exercise.