It turned out after the morning rain cleared, I setup at George Park in Panama City. One goal was to test various inverted Vs with the 20 foot mast on the back of the truck as the center support. The two legs of the inverted v dipole were the Coleman Laundry line spools with 85 foot of wire in each. So I wanted to get the length for several bands. The lengths worked out to be
40 meters: 30' 9"/31' 9" some how I got the two legs a foot different.
30 Meters 21 9" each leg
20 meters 15' 5" each leg
80 meter 62' 6" each leg
So as I went along I was making contacts including
40 meters with Sierra at 2 watts
K3AP Bob Ocala, FL
WR4Z Jimmy Panama City, FL (I had sent Jimmy an email and he found me)
K3RLL Bob Cassadaga, FL ( He was QRP in a park like me)
30 Meters Sierra at 3 watts
W5TZC Larry Bismarck AR
20 Meters SST at 3 watts (It was the FISTS Sprint)
W3OKC Steve PA
KG2GL Tony NJ
KA8HFN Larry OH
W2ED Ed NJ
AK5D Dave NM
W7GVE Ed AZ
On 80 meters I just verified the inverted v tuned. I am really pleased with the Coleman laundry spools for wire. It does not cause any problems to have the extra wire spooled. So now I have more configurations for Parking Lot Portable ops where the space is available for the ends of the inverted V.
Greg N4KGL
I enjoy Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio, Field Days, QRP, satellites, and CW. I have many friends in the hobby that make it fun. I will keep you posted on what I learn about amateur radio on this blog.