40m Activity March 30, 2019

KB0BH is on 3740.  There is a lot of excitement up and down the band this morning.

W4UOA Remote Station

A message from WA1W

Loop Corner Repair

Recent high winds brought down one corner of the 80 meter loop.  
The following pictures document the repair.

Antenna Repair Kit

Ready to Fire

Line Over the Fork

Arrow Ready for Pull-Over-Line

Pull-Over-Line Ready for Support Line

Support-Line Attached

Antenna Corner Restored

Initial testing looks good on all bands.

Media Wiring Raw

Little did I know what I had to look forward to!

W4UoA Remote

Fiber

Bambi

Morning guest

W4UOA

The pretty side!

W4UOA REMOTE

The REAL working side!

Straightened Ground Lug

Damaged Ground Lug

Driveway Sensor Wiring Plan

I'll install it to test in the next hour.

Hopefully the sensor was the failure point and NOT the controller in the house. I should know within the hour.

Driveway Sensor

SignaLink USB Setup

W4UoA

coming back to life. KPA500 and KAT500 working FB.

RCForb not connected. Not sure I'll do that before K3 returns. It's scheduled to get to the repair bench this week. May be next week before it makes it back to the rack.

Elecraft K3 vs. IC-7300

A little in-your-face advertising from Elecraft!

New Ground Connections

Service Entrance

Service Entrance Connection

Balun Box and Ground Rod

Balun Box Interior

Balun Box Interior and Ground Rod

New Service Ground Completed

New Service Ground

New Service Ground Bundle

Panel+

IF I could find TVS for ethernet cables, where would you put them?

Plated ground rod

Plated copper rod

Grounding connectors

Split bolt

Ground rod clamp

New ground rod plan

Service "ground"

Service "ground"

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