Comments on: VK9WBM – Willis Island http://dx-world.net/2009/vk9wbm-willis-island/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: dan http://dx-world.net/2009/vk9wbm-willis-island/comment-page-1/#comment-5522 dan Tue, 11 May 2010 06:36:57 +0000 http://dx-hamspirit.com/?p=10053#comment-5522 i googled "willis" and found this...cool. are you going to post about your experience over the past 6 mos? i googled “willis” and found this…cool. are you going to post about your experience over the past 6 mos?

]]> By: VK9WBM http://dx-world.net/2009/vk9wbm-willis-island/comment-page-1/#comment-3910 VK9WBM Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:26:36 +0000 http://dx-hamspirit.com/?p=10053#comment-3910 I have had unexpected problems and I am slowly getting on HF but I am not there yet. I cannot erect a mast, the soil is coral rubble and sand and will not hold a guy peg. I tried 3 star posts on each guy but they still pulled out. The soil is a bone dry insulator and I have been unable to get any viable earth. The longwire has worked 2 stations and is to be removed and replaced with a balanced antenna. This will take a bit of work as I have no ATU except the Icom AH4, an unbalanced only auto ATU. On 6m I am unable to mount the beam anywhere useful. It can only point out to the ocean. I have built a 300ohm slim jim and worked about 40 stations, mainly VK2 but with some VK3,4,5 and one ZL2. Listen for me in the afternoons on 6m, between 0400z and 0900z. I will update again when I am reliably on HF. This will be 40m and harmonics only. BCNU Dave, VK9WBM I have had unexpected problems and I am slowly getting on HF but I am not there yet.

I cannot erect a mast, the soil is coral rubble and sand and will not hold a guy peg. I tried 3 star posts on each guy but they still pulled out.

The soil is a bone dry insulator and I have been unable to get any viable earth.

The longwire has worked 2 stations and is to be removed and replaced with a balanced antenna. This will take a bit of work as I have no ATU except the Icom AH4, an unbalanced only auto ATU.

On 6m I am unable to mount the beam anywhere useful. It can only point out to the ocean. I have built a 300ohm slim jim and worked about 40 stations, mainly VK2 but with some VK3,4,5 and one ZL2. Listen for me in the afternoons on 6m, between 0400z and 0900z.

I will update again when I am reliably on HF. This will be 40m and harmonics only.

BCNU

Dave, VK9WBM

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