More Antenaeeeeeeeesssss

A little bit of work on the second mast with my DIY UHF beam replaced with a VHF-UHF beam and the HF vertical was straightened. Still waiting on the EFHW to arrive.

Second radio mast is up and ready for more antennaesssssssssss

The concrete pad was dry, welding was finished and today was the time to get the mast up into the air. Only a UHF vertical on there at the moment but working on reconditioning another HF vertical, building a VHF/UHF yagi, and setting up a 40m EFHW. When it's all ready to go I'll drop the other mast, do some maintenance and then rewire the shack.

When masts are not as they should be...

Myself and Dan went to pick up the 10m mast and found it was not one continuous mast, not even 2 pieces, but about 5 seperate sections bodgied together - even had a tyre iron in there to complete the friction coupling. I got a lot of RG213 co-ax, the UHF CB 6DB and 9 DB antennas, the sections of mast and that was it. The antennas have seen better days but I have restored one of them to a working condition which will probably go up on the new mast. Speaking of which I will still need to buy a new mast but can use the sections I got on the weekend as a cross beam.

No new contacts to report but I have made some progress on the 10 metre man-pack/portable. I purchased a Philps TP-92 which was used to set a Philips FM-92 up as a portable unit. I've now put my Dragon on there and started re-fitting a lot of the old and obsolete components. The watt meter has arrived and I'm waiting on the Li-Po battery and regulator to arrive before I commence the wiring.