At long last we have the first of the CARC antennas up on the mast and on the air. Early on the evening of 3 September first the rotator and then the 3 element SteppIR beam were tested at the CARC shack. Both worked well with a VSWR of 1.1:1 being measured across the 20m band.
The amplifier was then run up to its full 400W O/P with no problems at all. Only time for one quick QSO (first call) with A41OD (Hamed in Muscat) with 59+10 received.
Unfortunately the QSO was not logged online as the feeder currently runs over the ADSL modem which strangely doesn't like 400W of HF next to it!
More later.
Mike
G0KAD
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