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From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
To : TECH@WW
By G8MNY (Updated Jul 24)
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At Wimbledon club's 9 day summer camp GX3WIM @ Reigate hill this is what I did.
SITE LAYOUT as used most years.
T R E E S T R E E S T R E E S T R E E S T R E E S T R E E S
: / T
| E R
. 8 R E
' . 0 I E
m W S
S a f e t y ' | /
Other f e n c e d . | G T
30m o f f a r e a D N R
mast I . O E
2el HF P L E
+4m+VHF generators O . / S
2x 2.3kW L m
E 0 T
| 6 . R
: 1 E
14m : / E
17m mastßúúúú-----40m--DIPOLE----úúúúúúúúS
mastß / '
Honda / . T
Other HF / Ü8m mast Loo R
Caravan Caravan Tent [G8MNYVAN] Tent . ' E
[tent] Beer . ' E
Tent . ' S
Tent . '
2m/70+G5RV T
. Other mast R
3.5MHz BBQ & . ' Caravan E
Vertical Messing E
. ' Caravan S
. '
. ' T
. ' HF vert Caravan R
. ' Trail/Tent E
VHF HF vert E
70&2M Tent Camper S
mast Camper
2m 19el & T
70cms 48el R
+ dual band E
colinear | E
| S
\|/
N T
R
E
Field E
hedge Entrance S
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narrow farmer's lane
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Most of the caravans/campers & tents are powered up with 2 long ring cables
runs. The main one was an electric start 7kW diesel running on cheap farmer's
pink fuel, & I provided my 2.3.-3kW (modified) Madusa petrol generator as
backup. I also used a 800W 2 stroke & a small 500W Honda, just for my station,
if the big genny was not run during the day. (QRO still run)
As you can see with such a busy site some RF operating order has to be imposed,
& it is done by being in possession of the "club logbook for that band", giving
you permission to operate on it.
G8MNY VAN & TENT LAYOUT
8m mast
_______________________/\__
/ ³ ³ ³P³ PA³____________ ³----__
³ O³C_³S³S³ATV³Folding Bed ³³rear |
³ ³A ³E³U³ ³____________³³ |
³ ³B ³A³2mÄÄÄÙ ________ ³door |
³ ³ ³T³ ³Paket&TV³³ |
\_³__³_³:::::::__³________³³----~~
³____ ========³
³ HF ³ ³cooker³Van
³ PA ³ _ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄ´Adjoining
Earth³ IC ³ ³_) _ ³Side
stake³735 ³ _ ³_) ³Tent
³ ³ ³_) ³
³ 6M ³ bin³
~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~
HF & 6M OPERATING TABLE LAYOUT ___________
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ 24A PSU ³ _______________ _____
lamp ³Rotator³ ³___________³³ ³³DUMMY³
³ ³Control³ ³ ³³ ³³LOAD ³ Bespoke
ÚÄÁÄ¿ ³ Box ³ ³12v 500W PA³³ QRO TUNER ³ÀÂÄÄÄÂÙ shelf
_ =============================================================gives
/ \ SWR ³FT690 rig³||³BHI LS³ ³SUCK³ _________________ || _______ more
³_O ³METER ³_________³||³______³_³____³³ ³||³ ³room
/__³___ ³ RF ³ ||³ ³³ D R A K E ³||³ DRAKE ³
³ 6m PA ³ Clipper³ ||³ A T U ³³ Q R O ³||³ PA ³
³_______³ ³~~~~~~~~~³||³~~~~~~~~~~~~~³³ H F ³||³ PSU ³
ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿³ 22A PSU ³||³ IC735 RIG ³³ P A ³||³ 2.5kV ³
³ 6m PA PSU ³³_________³||³_____________³ÀÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÙ||ÀÂÄÄÄÄÄÂÙ
==========================================================================
Strong Trestle table with Logs, & 2 Floated 12V car batteries on the ground.
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Kit By Band
144MHz FM Talk in (& ATV Talkback)
____ ___ ________ \³/ 7/8
³IC2EÃÄÄÄÄÄ´PA ÃÄÄ´200W PA ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ @ 8m
~~~~ NES ³LS ³ ~~~~~~~~ 10m of UR67
LS ~~~
144MHz Packet (Very QRP @ 1mW)
_______ _____ ______ _____ \³/ 5el @ 7m
³DEL 12VÃÄÄ´TINY2ÃÄÄ´FT290 ÃÄÄ´AttenÃÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ (5km hop to node)
³ LAPTOP³ ³ TNC ³ ³@100mW³ ³ 40dB³³ 10m of UR43 (line of sight)
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~_³_
Van HF
QRM bond
50MHz SSB Phone
___ _______ _____ ___________ \³/5el Yagi
³MicÃÄ´ RF ÃÄ´FT690ÃÄÄÄ´BNOS 50W PAÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ³ @ 14m
~~~ ³Clipper³ ³ ÃÄ¿ ³ ³ 22m of UR67 _³_
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ³ ~~~~~~~~~~~ /// +HF Rotator at
______ ³ bottom of mast.
HeadphonesÄÄ´NES LSÃÄÙ 12V from HF PSU/Battery
~~~~~~
HF SSB ptt+ALC QRO available only when large genny is running.
_____ _________ _________ ______
´IC735ÃÄÙ ___ ÀÄÄ´DRAKE PA ÃÄ´ HF ³_ o--1kW Dummy load
Ú-´ ÃÄÄÄÄÄ´ ÃÄÄÄÄ´_________³ ³Filter³ \o¿
mic³_____ÃÄÄ¿ ³ATUÃÄÄ¿ ³DRAKE PSU³ ~~~~~~ Ã 80m Dipole @ 12m
12V >ÄÄ´ PSU ³ _³_ ~³~ ³ ~~~~~~~~~ Ã 40m Dipole @ 12m
Battery ~~~~~ ³NES³ _³_ ÀÄ100m of Long wire À 3el Tribander @ 13m
HeadphonesÄ´LS ³ /// @12-20m high for 160m
~~~
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DOMESTIC COMFORTS powered from the 110AH Aux battery & 40A SMPSU/8A Honda DC.
TV
_____ ________ UV fly zapper 0.5A
³7"DVD³_____³Freeview³ \³/ set top log Heated Cup 1A
³ Mon ³ | ³ Rx ÃÄÄÄÄÄÙ periodic TV Cool box 4A
~~~³~ | ~~~~~~~~³12v aerial on Phone changer 0.5A
PSU Camcorder Van roof Electric blanket 4A
charger Van/Tent DC Lights 2A
See my TECH buls "Using 2 HF PAs", "T500 M 12V 500W HF Linear" & "Inverter
Petrol Generators". Also have a look at GX3WIM on QRZ !
Why Don't U send an interesting bul?
73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP
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