[FQP] [FCG] K4OJ MM/m Photos!

[Tim Gennett]

Where are these pictures posted?  The Hightail link at the bottom of this
email has expired.

Tim K9WX
www.k9wx.net


On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Christopher Blake <cqdenx4n at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks so much George for the kind words; really appreciate your enthusiasm
> (same as me - I'm hooked!) :-)
> Let me try to answer your comments/questions for you and others:
> 1.) Sardines! (hi!!!)- yep!
> 2.) Once you got Red into the front seat, were you able to extricate him,
> or is he still there? We carry a 'jaws of life' as standard equipment for
> each of us!
> 3.) Strapping the laptop to the back of the front seat was ingenious.
> Thanks!
>  we did it in the 3rd row 10m station as well; space is a premium (see
> sardines above)
> 4.) What was the KPA500 used for? Our 2nd row stations were a 40m IC-756
> with a KX-3 for 15m on top of the 756.
> We put the KPA500 in the very back of the SUV to bring the QRP level up to
> 100W (A KX-3 can drive a KPA500 up to 170-180W).  I already had the KPA500
> when I bought the KX-3. I can talk more about how this was done during a
> presentation - there are some fine details to lengthy to mention here.
> 5.) Was your metal trailer hitch rack grounded to the car?  The hitch is
> aluminum (lighter, better conductor) and only 'grounded' via the hitch
> itself.  I purposely did *not* ground the generator to car or hitch to
> avoid ground loops; again too much fine detail for email, perhaps more
> during a presentation.  We ran out of time to see if grounding the gennie
> reduces noise but some quick testing I did showed no difference (as it
> should).
>
> 6.) How did the 10m stick on the metal trailer hitch rack perform compared
> to the roof mounted sticks.  We tried a rear mounted stick on both 40m and
> 10m to see if we could reduce interference, and to provide a backup antenna
> location (we tried to have a backup for just about everything).  On both
> 40m and 10m, the roof antennas worked significantly better, as we expected.
>  I tried the "inverted L" mostly to get more horizontal polarization to get
> better rejection to the roof mounted verticals.  That just didn't work (see
> 'moment of insanity' comment with photo).
> FYI- I believe our remaining interstation noise is more from conducted vs.
> radiated emissions; future experiments will focus on confirming this so
> countermeasures can be devised.
>
> 7.) Were you concerned about the safety of the gas can on the trailer hitch
> rack.  Not really; I placed reflective tape on all sides of the cargo
> carrier and make sure that the SUV tail lights were not blocked in any way.
>  I tried to find FL regulations regarding running a generator/motor while
> in motion - don't think there is anything on the books...
>
> Hope this helps; thanks again George!
>
> vy 73,
> Chris, NX4N
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 1:10 PM, <Georgek5kg at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  Chris,
> >
> > Excellent photos of your operation.  I have some comments and questions.
> >
> > 1.) Sardines! (hi!!!)
> >  2.) Once you got Red into the front seat, were you able to extricate
> > him, or is he still there?
> > 3.) Strapping the laptop to the back of the front seat was ingenious.
> > 4.) What was the KPA500 used for?
> > 5.) Was your metal trailer hitch rack grounded to the car?
> > 6.) How did the 10m stick on the metal trailer hitch rack perform
> compared
> > to the roof mounted sticks.
> > 7.) Were you concerned about the safety of the gas can on the trailer
> > hitch rack.
> >
> > You and your co-ops are certainly to be commended for what you were able
> > to do.  I strongly recommend you send a report and a photo to the League.
> > From an emergency communications perspective, you have demonstrated what
> > can be done by hams.
> >
> > CONGRATS!
> >
> > 73, Geo...
> >
> > George Wagner, K5KG
> > Sarasota, FL
> > 941-400-1960 cell
> >
> >  In a message dated 5/3/2014 6:20:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > cqdenx4n at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > https://www.hightail.com/download/ZUcxckhmYWJ0d0VQWWNUQw
> >
> >
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