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Operators: Glenn K6NA and Craig N6ED K6NA QTH: 2.5 acres in Valley Center, CA. (a semi-rural part of northern San Diego County) Station construction began in 1980. K6NA Shack (2) Yaesu FTDX-5000 transceivers (2) Alpha amplifiers Set of 6 high power bandpass filters at amplifier outputs Controls: automatic one-button band switching of filters and antennas, employing band decoders, relays, interlock and pre-tuned amplifiers K6NA Antennas (2) 140 ft. towers (1) 40 ft. tower (3) homebrew prop pitch motor systems Several HamIV and T2X rotators All antennas homebrew except for KLM 5-el 20m Yagi stack and WARC duobander. Drone video of K6NA antenna farm, shot by N6ED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbR2AAxUuB0 160m: (2) full size quarter-wave wire verticals suspended from 140 ft. towers on Dacron caternaries. Array is fed at the bases, spaced 1/4-wave to provide end-fire, switchable cardioid pattern. 80m: 2-el fixed wire Yagi @ 128 ft, held by crossarm between 140 ft. towers. Switchable to cover NE - SW directions. Yagi described in ARRL Antenna Compendium Vol. 5. Inv-Vee at 120 ft. Mainly for NW - SE directions. 40m: 4-el OWA Yagi @ 140 ft. 20m: KLM 5-el over 5-el Yagi stack 4-el 20m OWA Yagi at 90 ft. All antennas rotatable Plan to install 4-el 20m OWA Yagi at 45 ft. before CQP to provide a 2nd switchable Yagi stack for 20m. 15m: 4-el over 4-el Yagi stack 10m: 5-el over 5-el Yagi stack; 6-el 10m Yagi at 147 ft. RX: 200 ft. BOG (beverage-on-ground), reversible for E-W receive. Other: WARC duoband Yagi on 40 ft. tower 6m Yagi on 40 ft. tower |
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