[Hi-zreceivingarraydiscussions] Two items today

Dick ko7n at peak.org
Mon Feb 10 15:30:39 EST 2014


THANK YOU DAVE. Lee, Travis, Jeff and I give it our BEST shot every day.

73  Dick

On 2/10/2014 9:38 AM, David Raymond wrote:
> Lee. . in addition to my original comments posted on your website (I 
> was writing those comments about TX7M real time while listening on the 
> radio), I recently worked two new ones with the help of the Hi-Z 160m 
> 8 circle.  They were 4K6FO and the recent operation at FT5ZM.  Alim, 
> 4K6FO, was only running 100w and that's a tough part of the world to 
> work from the Midwest.  My ambient noise level out here in the rural 
> Iowa countryside is very, very low which allows my four square 
> transmit array to here quite well.  In many cases it hears as well as 
> the 8 circle array as I'm not noise limited. However, in the case of 
> 4K6FO he was extremely weak and not copyable at all on the TX array.  
> He was Q3-Q4 on the Hi-Z 8 circle.  I was able to successfully make 
> the QSO on 16 January (and not a large number of NA did). The 
> situation with FT5ZM was not quite as marginal as they were Q2-Q3 on 
> the TX array but solid Q4 on the Hi-Z.  I might have been able to make 
> the QSO without the Hi-Z (not 100% sure) but with the 8 circle it 
> certainly made it easier and gave me confidence that I had a valid QSO 
> at the time.  I have had at least four or five similar situations over 
> the past two or three years.  In addition, we now have three Hi-Z 
> arrays (160m 8 circle, 160/80 8 circle, 40m 4 square) at the N0NI 
> contest station.  They have all performed well have contributed 
> greatly toward our success in the contests.
>
> Not only are the Hi-Z products terrific performers, but the Hi-Z crew 
> and support are excellent.
>
> 73. .. Dave, W0FLS
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee K7TJR" <k7tjr at msn.com>
> To: "Hi-Z Group" <Hi-zreceivingarraydiscussions at hizantennas.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 5:41 PM
> Subject: [Hi-zreceivingarraydiscussions] Two items today
>
>
>>  We are not getting much feedback on your favorite stories using your 
>> Hi-Z
>> Arrays.
>>
>> So how about just telling us how much more DX you have worked that 
>> you may
>> not
>>
>> have been able to without the Hi-Z. We are going to Dayton and should 
>> be a
>> part of
>>
>> the Antenna forum there. So cough up some stories guys. Feel free as we
>> probably
>>
>> can't use them all but would sure like a chance to hear them and use 
>> a few.
>> Private
>>
>> e-mails are fine to support at hizantennas.com 
>> <mailto:support at hizantennas.com>
>>
>>
>>   Secondly, we are getting several requests for information about remote
>> operation
>>
>> of our arrays. If some of you have done this; and I know you have, 
>> would you
>> be
>>
>> willing to share how you have made this work? Even I am thinking of a 
>> remote
>> array
>>
>> because of the 100 horsepower air compressor on a VFD that moved in next
>> door to me.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Lee  K7TJR
>>
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