ACS GH Presentations
KJ6ER January Update
Challenger 20M-6M Halfwave Vertical (January 2025) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-Ym2EbsX3F5Zs2oPwLXy-opGgBepnE6g/view
PracticalAntennas.com
Just discovered a new to me antenna site from Practical Antennas.com.
This site is run by Dale Hunt WB6BYU and he also has a youtube channel and one of his first videos I have watched is “3 Simple Wire Antennas. A link to his youtube channel videos is here.
POTA Contact Confirmed
Just received via email this nice QSL card from 8P6PE for our park2park contact on April 15, 2024, he was in park BB-0016 Rock Hall Freedom Village Monument and I was in park CA-5996 Dorchester Mill Pond Conservation Area.
Al VE3GAM
KJ5ER November Update
KJ6ER Antennas Primer – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MxEQ0CfcLBhZ-TKTMg2xiMZeGdjsKnBN/view
PERformer 40M-6M Quarterwave Vertical – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwSbXXeovjJdT8ijpOi-9FYR–nNsxgD/view
Dominator 20M-10M Halfwave Vertical – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1QYlNhYp-JY_Azqn0XJWM7q7Tit0x1m/view
Dominator 17M-10M Halfwave 2-Element Vertical Beam – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-DvVBdEbcXjrCu5khyLeoEp5gsb9wwlA/view **NEW**
POTA Parks in Grid Square EN92
https://www.easymapmaker.com/map/9335ca4382c7eeefae9c180cff6718ae
Blue – parks activated / Yellow – parks to be activated
As of Monday, I have activated all but 3 of the parks in EN92.
Missed activating CA-6155, thought I had made 10 contacts but I was one short on the day.
Domestic situation restricts my operations very greatly this year, so it will be a while before I get the final 3 parks. In that 2 of them are in PA, that presents a very big challenge to overcome in getting them activated.
Rig used in all of these activations was a Kenwood TS-50, powered by a 20 amp LIPO battery into an MFJ-949E, and usually feeding my vintage hamsticks on the car. Some of the times I have used an EFHW and other times I have used a G5RV antenna.
Use what you got!!
Al ve3gam
KJ6ER Update
Google Drive File Links (KJ6ER):
PERformer 40M-6M Quarterwave (October 2024) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwSbXXeovjJdT8ijpOi-9FYR–nNsxgD/view
Dominator 20M-10M Halfwave (October 2024)- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o1QYlNhYp-JY_Azqn0XJWM7q7Tit0x1m/view
KJ6ER PERformer and Dominator Antennas Presentation (October 2024) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MxEQ0CfcLBhZ-TKTMg2xiMZeGdjsKnBN/view
POTA Parks in Grid Square EN92
The following image shows all of the POTA parks in my grid square EN92. There are 47 in total, 45 in Ontario and 2 in Pennsylvania.
Link to interactive map.
Yellow markers indicate parks to be activated as of September 27, 2023.
Blue markers indicate parks I have activated.
The software used to create the map is called EasyMapMaker
POTA Wagon
I purchased this utility wagon from Canadian Tire for use in my POTA activations. I hope to be able to load everything I need for an activation into the wagon, make it very handy to operate in a park when you are forced to walk in.
The Dominator Antenna
Here is a link to the documentation from Facebook by Greg KJ6ER on his Dominator Antenna. It is an EFHW vertical, no radials, no tuner required.
73
Al VE3GAM
The Rybakov Antenna
Link to an article I have written on the Rybakov antenna. It consists of a vertical 25′ (7.6 m) wire, matched by a 4:1 unun and with 6 17′ radials. This is a non-resonant antenna, so it does require the use of an antenna tuner.
73
Al VE3GAM
The PREDator Antenna
Here is a link to the documentation I received from Greg KJ6ER on his Predator Antenna. It is an elevated vertical with elevated radials.
For more information about this antenna and to check out an avid fan of this antenna go to Simon VA7BIX’s Youtube channel at Ham Jazz
73
Al VE3GAM