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WB9VTF R5 vertical used in 1996 ARRL 160
The capture date is not correct here. This is early 90's. Not to long after we moved into this house (1990). My first 160 contest was in 1996 in the ARRL 160. I used the R5 vertical tripod mounted, with an MFJ 949E tuner. No more than 50 watts, or the tuner arced! I worked 44 states, including KH6 with this antenna! K9AY was responsible for my nutty interest in 160. This is where it all began on 160 for me. In the foreground is a 25' push up mast with a 40m inverted V. The diamond shape antenna is a home brew egg beater for 2m SSB, and on top is a dual band V/UHF FM vertical.
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WB9VTF Mundelein, IL. Before tower went up.
Early to mid 90's. Still warming XYL up to putting my small Rohn 25g tower back up. R5 vertical up on top of roof, just over 30' at base. 30' push up mast back side of house with 40m inverted V, 2 meter egg beater, and dual band vertical. That R5 vertical had a nice sweet spot on 3.650, and loaded OK with a small antenna tuner to play on 160m. Worked 44 states on 160 with this antenna and 50 watts!
Worked grid square EM14 to SW with 25 watts during big tropo in July of 1995.
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WB9VTF Lake Zurich 1977 FT101
FT-101 and Regency HR-2B 2m FM rig. This was my third rig after receiving my license in the mail in August of 1976. Prior to the FT-101(no suffix), I had a Heath Kit HW-101, and prior to that a Siltronix 10-11C, 10 and 11 meters! I spent hours listening to nothing but static hiss on 10 meters from August of 1976 to the end of September 1976, when I purchased a used HW-101 at radio expo. WOW, was I missing a lot!!
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Palatine apartment closet shack, 1978-1980
3' X 5' coat closet functioned as my ham shack for about 2 years, August 1978 to September 1980, when we lived in a 10th floor apartment. Antennas were hustler mobile resonators attached to a mobile mount outside our apartment window. Best DX from this location was 20 meters to KC4AAA on SSB, 100 watts!
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Palatine apartment 10th floor antenna. 1978-1980
From the 10th floor, facing SW to SE. Horizontal antenna attached to mounting bracket outside window is 2m 5/8 collinear. With a matching network inside it also worked on 10 and 15m. for 20 and 40, I would lean out the window (at night) and slide the 2m collinear coil off and slide one of the other hustler resonators on to work the other bands. The vertical antenna inside the window is a 2 meter GP with only one radial attached. The other three would not fit in the bedroom window! XYL (just married at time) was not too happy with my aluminum hobby!
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Palatine apartment antenna 10th floor, 1978-1980
Close up of the trunk lip mount, mounted to mobile radio bracket, which is mounted to metal housing of air conditioning unit, outside of window. I would slip either a hustler 20m, 40m resonator, or 2m collinear onto the 19" radiator. Band changes were usually done at night while hanging out the window! This is actually the bottom portion of the Hustler 5/8 wave collinear 2 meter mobile antenna.
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Arlington Heights 1980's
TH3JR tribander, 11 element 2m beam horizontal, and 5 band trap vertical right side of roof. That's a Hustler 5/8 wave collinear 2m. antenna on my (would have been classic!) 1975 Chevy Nova 4 door. That was the same antenna used during my 2 years living in the apartment in Palatine, dangling out the 10th floor apartment window.
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