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SUBJECT: Wire antennas - part 10
 Let's wrap this up and start something new or finish something old like CP
antennas. In anycase,the last part of this series is going to be devoted to
wire antennas used on past field days,including all laughs and 
isappointments
along the way.
 o Field Day 89,Draa Field,Titusville, FL.
 This was the field day of the Osprey. Draa field is a shared football field
by the two high schools in Titusville.
 It has 50 foot tall bleachers,press box, and six 70 foot high lighting 
owers
made out of cement. They also make excellent homes for Ospreys and indeed the
one tower we needed was home to a new family of Ospreys.
 These are no slouch birds mind you,and don't take kindly to having a brave
amateur climb the rebar ladder under their babies. We had to draw straws but
our best climber got the job anyhow.
 What finally was placed up there was a pulley system to raise our 80 
nverted
Vee. This did rather well and was worth the effort and much to the disgust of
the dive bombing and crying Ospreys. Too bad it rained the whole weekend. |-(
 But we did do the best TARC ever did,3700 points.
 Too bad the guy that was suppose to turn in the points never did.
o  Field Day 88,Draa Field,Titusville, FL.
 On this field day we used two of the lighting towers and strung out a full
wave loop for 80 meters. Well... it wasn't quite high enough,and it wasn't in
the right location,and it didn't do well...really poor...it sucked...and it
rained all weekend.
o  Field Day 90,Complex 25,Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
 We had two wire antennas; a 40m Inverted Vee taken from my tower here and
using the mods I discussed earlier and a `field day' 80m  `bow tie' antenna.
 The 40m worked fine and we copped more than 500 points on 40m, but the 80m
was dismal. And it rained all weekend.
o Field Day 91,Complex 25,Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
 We dumped the bow tie and went with an Inverted Vee for both 80 and 40.
 Too bad 80 was so so as we worked only 200 points worth.
 But we had no problem reaching the Northeast and the Mississippi area.
 And it rained all weekend.
o Field Day 92,Complex 25,Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
 We had beams on most bands but the Inverted Vees worked fine again.
 This year we doubled our points and scored well in the 4000s working 4A.
 Next year they be a 40m yagi in operation. Look for K4FD,Kings 4 Field Day.
 BTW,it rained all day, ... again.
o Field Day 93:
 10m 3e Yagi,15m 3e Yagi,20m 3e Yagi,40m 2e Yagi,80m Inverted Vee,SAT,PACKET,
see you on the air,I'll be on 20m.
-WS
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