1966 |
Disassembled old ignition coil to use primary wire as 80 meter dipole.
Learned about soft drawn copper from that. |
1967 |
Obtained 1-1/4 inch diameter 30 foot length copper tube. Extended
using aluminum piece to 1/4 wave on 40 and mounted on coke bottle insulator. This
made a decent vertical. |
1968 |
More wire dipoles, this time using Belden 7/22 copperweld.
Constructed 15 meter beam using conduit for elements. |
1969 |
Hygain 14AVQ multiband trap vertical. |
1970 |
2X11 element Cushcraft array for 2 meter FM, chimney mounted using
Alliance U-110 with thrust bearing. |
1971 |
Various mobile antennas tried - commercial loaded whips from Hygain &
Hustler, Webster bandspanner. |
1972 |
Installed 80 meter dipole at spouse-to-be house for MARS. Installed
big 2 meter vertical atop the Sterick building in Memphis (400 feet above street, ladder
leaning outward against 4 inch pipe 20 foot above roof in northwest corner of building). |
1973 |
Begain marriage in apartment - no outside antennas. Called Alpha net
from apartment via remote controlled MARS station using 1215 MHz control link for PTT and
MARS 2 meter repeater for audio. . Assisted Terry Turner WA4WDU with tower
installation (Rohn 25 foldover). |
1974 |
Brief period in duplex: wire dipole only. |
1975 |
First house - planted 50 foot foldover tower (inherited from WA4WDU when
he moved to Puerto Rico) before closing on the house. Cushcraft 6 and 2 meter
horizontal beams on tower. |
1976 |
Added 50 foot Rohn 45 tower and 10 foot parabolic to work with W4HHK and
WA4HGN on 2304 MHz. |
1977 |
Added Hygain TH6-DXX on Rohn 45 tower. |
1978 |
Used small ground plane and APX-6 to monitor TACANs and STLs in the
region. |
1979 |
Upgrade 2 meter beam to Cushcraft 32-19. |
1980 |
Moved to new house. Reinstalled 50 foot foldover woth TH6DXX beam |
1981 |
Upgraded 6 meter beam to Cushcraft 66B. |
1982 |
Added 30 foot tower for small six meter beam. |
1983 |
Added Cushcraft 424B 432 MHz yagi to 50 foot tower. |
1984 |
Added Cushcraft 220B 220 MHz antenna to 50 foot tower. |
1985 |
Installed satellite TV dish. |
1986 |
Upgraded satellite dish. |
1987 |
Added DEM loop yagi for 1296 MHz. |
1989 |
Added DEM loop yagis for 903, 2304 and 3456 MHz |
1990 |
Installed 20 foot tower and 10 foot dish for 1296 MHz moonbounce (EME). |
1991 |
Installed another short tower next to EME tower with 10 foot long platform
for dish feed access. |
1992 |
Added dish for 5760 MHz. |
1993 |
Added 40 foot mast with 10 GHz beacon. |
1994 |
Pulled it all down and moved to Virginia. |
1995 |
Put up 77 foot Rohn 25 tower with antennas for 144, 220, 432, 903, 1296,
and 2304 MHz. TVRO dish. |
1996 |
Put up 50 foot Rohn foldover with M-Squared 6M7 for 6 meters and Mosely
TA-33 for HF. |
1997 |
Put up 20 foot tower for amateur satellite antennas. |
1998 |
Put up 66 foot tower for beacon antennas. |
2000 |
Put up 70 foot Rohn 45 foldover for VHF antennas. |
2001 |
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