The final article in our microHAM installation series will be about our station’s cut-over, configuration, and integration testing. The first step was to bring the second radio in Anita’s (AB1QB) position into the microHAM system. We also added a PR 781 microphone and boom from Heil Sound to her setup at the same time. Anita’s … Continue reading
It seems that our tower is holding up well in its first winter here in New Hampshire, USA. We have not had a great deal of wind or any major ice storms this year but we have had quite a bit of snow. The antennas and the other equipment on the tower seem to be … Continue reading
We completed the assembly and testing of the first of our two SteppIR DB36 Yagi’s today. We installed the 80m dipole option on our antenna which provides a rotating dipole on 80m. This should work quite well at the 100+ ft height that our antenna will be installed at. The dipole runs parallel to the … Continue reading
We have begun the assembly of the first of our two SteppIR DB36 Yagis. These antennas are large, complex machines that take some time to assembly properly and I plan to cover this part of our project in multiple posts. I will provide more pictures and details on this part of our project in hopes … Continue reading
We completed the assembly of our second SteppIR DB36 Antenna today. This is the last of the Yagi antennas for our new antenna system and tower. It will be installed on a K0XG Rotating Ring at 60 ft on our tower. The second DB36 will be able to be used as part of a 4 … Continue reading
We began today by installing the remaining two-element housings on our SteppIR DB36. We first assembled and installed the element housing for Director 2. This step was nearly identical to what was done for the Reflector. The Driven Element housing is a different assembly due to its larger side. The first step was to install … Continue reading
A combination of the weather and a big work project has slowed our progress on the first of two SteppIR DB36s this week. We did make some pretty good progress this weekend. The first step was to install all of the remaining hardware which attached to the boom in preparation for attaching the control wiring … Continue reading
As many probably know, the northeast was hit by Hurricane Sandy, a huge storm this past week. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of the people who were effected or hurt by this tragic weather event. The pictures of the devastation in New York City and New Jersey, USA are unbelievable and saddening. Several … Continue reading
I am working on assembling the second of our two SteppIR DB36 Yagi’s and it is nearing completion. It’s hard to understand the amount of work that goes into building one of these antennas until you do one. Just for fun, I decided to work out a total count of parts and pieces that were … Continue reading
We completed all of the integration steps for our new antenna system recently and finally got everything on the air. I guess it’s safe to say a big project like this is never truly “all done” but we have all of the important work completed. I spent some time weatherproofing all of the cables as … Continue reading
