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Title: 5N0OCH Straps from Nigeria/WCC Chatham To Live On As a Musuem Post by: AJ1G on September 11, 2009, 02:39:04 PM I worked Bodo through a big pileup on 40CW from my mobile at Nauset Beach, Cape Cod about sunset Wednesday.
After seeing his video of the curtain antenna he was using, I can see why he was so loud! http://dx-hamspirit.com/2009/08/ham-radio-activity-from-nigeria-5n0och It appears to be a slightly smaller version of the Woodpecker curtain antenna... Nauset Beach is a great location for working into EU and apparently Africa, signals from those locations were really loud...I was in a parking lot about 200 yards from the surf line. On the way there, stopped by the old WCC station on Rt 28 in Chatham...it's being renovated to be a musuem, primarily with Chatham town funds, through a non profit organization: www.chathammarconi.org The place is in pretty rough shape right now. Most of the big "windmill" towers are still standing, with some remnants of the rhombic farm still up in the air. Would be a great place to someday do a special op like was done recently at the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, NJ! Title: Re: 5N0OCH Straps from Nigeria/WCC Chatham To Live On As a Musuem Post by: W9GT on September 11, 2009, 03:01:13 PM I worked Bodo through a big pileup on 40CW from my mobile at Nauset Beach, Cape Cod about sunset Wednesday. Congrats on working him from the mobile! That beach was a great location for working DX.After seeing his video of the curtain antenna he was using, I can see why he was so loud! http://dx-hamspirit.com/2009/08/ham-radio-activity-from-nigeria-5n0och It appears to be a slightly smaller version of the Woodpecker curtain antenna... Nauset Beach is a great location for working into EU and apparently Africa, signals from those locations were really loud...I was in a parking lot about 200 yards from the surf line. On the way there, stopped by the old WCC station on Rt 28 in Chatham...it's being renovated to be a musuem, primarily with Chatham town funds, through a non profit organization: www.chathammarconi.org The place is in pretty rough shape right now. Most of the big "windmill" towers are still standing, with some remnants of the rhombic farm still up in the air. Would be a great place to someday do a special op like was done recently at the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, NJ! I worked him on Wednesday nite....really strong into Indiana! 599+! That looks like an even bigger antenna than Tom Vu's stacked beams! The only thing that might rival it would be that Finnish station that has 80/160 beams and the JA station that has a huge folding 80 M yagi. 73, Jack, W9GT Title: Re: 5N0OCH Straps from Nigeria/WCC Chatham To Live On As a Musuem Post by: Ed-VA3ES on September 11, 2009, 11:52:59 PM Nauseous Beach, eh? I used to vacation there in the early 80's. Visited WCC site when I was there.
Title: Re: 5N0OCH Straps from Nigeria/WCC Chatham To Live On As a Musuem Post by: WU2D on September 12, 2009, 09:15:34 PM Chris, AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
You would have to be a Canadian to get into that cold water without a wet suit! Nice place to surf cast. Mike WU2D |