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W4RM M2 Station. Bill O’Mara W4RM Jack O’Mara W4NF. Overview. W4RM Station (Tower and Stations) Planed Future Station Enhancements Last Years Contest Results 2004 -2005 Contest Operating Plans. W4RM Station Location and Tower.
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W4RM M2 Station Bill O’Mara W4RM Jack O’Mara W4NF
Overview • W4RM Station (Tower and Stations) • Planed Future Station Enhancements • Last Years Contest Results • 2004 -2005 Contest Operating Plans
W4RM Station Location and Tower • The W4RM M2 Station is built on 10 acres in Nokesville, Va. (35 Miles SW of DC) and 1 air mile north Quantico Marine base on the west side of I95. • Currently, the Station has a single 110ft Rohn 55G tower using Phillystrain guy wires located 500ft from the house. • Antennas and placement: • 125 ft 7ele 6M Force12 Beam • 119ft 70ft 80M Force12 rotatable dipole with relay switching for CW and SSB • 112ft 3ele 40M (MAG340N) Force12 Beam • 104ft C31XR Tribander on a 1032D Tic-Ring rotor • 72ft C31XR Tribander on a 1022D Tic-Ring Rotor • 40ft C31XR Tribander fix mounted on EU
W4RM Station Tower and antennas • The C31XRs are connect to an Array Solutions Stack Match for stacking control • Second Feed Line Option allows split of stack • All Antennas are feed at the bottom of the tower into an Array Solutions Six Pack antenna controller • 160M antenna is a single wire inverted L (80ft vertical) with 32 ground radials and 6000ft of wire • 160M receive: A single 580ft NE beverage • Top rotor is an M2 Orion RC-2800P • The tower is connect to the shack by 2- 500ft 7/8” hardline runs and one ½” 500 ft hardline run
W4RM Stations • The M2 Shack is designed with Two Run stations, One Multiplier Station, one Master computer station • The two run stations are identical and consist of the following equipment • Yaesu FT-1000MP • Alpha 99 Amplifier • Pentium Computer running Writelog • Six Pack antenna controller • MFJ-434 DVK • Top Ten Band Decoder • Dunestar 600 Band Pass Filter • 2 CW paddles (right and left side) • LogiKey Keyer • Heil Proset
W4RM Stations • The Mulipler station consists of the following equipment • Yaesu FT-920 • Alpha 374A Amplifier • Pentium Computer running Writelog • Single ½” hardline run to crank-up tower (AB 577) with Force12 C4E • Top Ten Band Decoder • ICE Band Pass Filter • CW paddle, Heil Proset • The Master Computer is feed by a Comcast highspeed cable modem, router and 8 port switch • This master computer runs VE7CC and connects to K4JA packcluster, filters and feeds all three stations • This Master Computer also runs Writelog and acts as the master control point for monitoring band conditions for band changes and monitoring for new multipliers
Planed Future Station Enhancements • Add third ring rotor to 40ft C31XR • Add Second tower (Spring/Summer 2005) • 100ft Rohn • On Mast - WARC-7 (12,17,30M) Force12 Beam 115ft • Two Stack of 15M OWA 6ele 36 foot boom Beams @92 and 67ft fixed on EU • Add second and third 160M Inverted L’s to the Triangular array (first one complete) • Add 4 four additional 580ft beverages and switching • Shack Changes • Change out 17” monitors with 19” flat panel monitors mounted on adjustable arms • Add roofing filters to FT-1000MP’s
Last Years Contest Results • First full year of contest operation from W4RM • Operated: • Four M2 • (CQWW SSB, ARRL RTTY RU, ARRL DX CW, ARRL DX SSB) • One Multi Op (Nov SS CW) • One SOA, W4NF (Nov SS SSB) • W4RM – Operators • W4NF, W4RM, K5OF, K1SE, K4VV, AC5RR, W7IY, K5VG, W4DC, WA4TK, KA4RRU, W4DAV, KE4BUS, N8CIA, KG4HTL • Bold Calls are new PVRC Members
Last Years Contest Results • So, how did we do? • All contests combined from Oct 2003 to May 2004 we work over 17,000 QSO !!!! • Worked 5 Band DXCC • Five band worked all Continents • Worked 90 Countries on 160M • Worked WAS on CW • Worked WAS on SSB • And had a lot of FUN!!!!!
Last Years Contest Results W4RM for 2003 - 2004 Contest Season Contest Class Place Standing/logs submitted Score CQ WW SSB M2 5th NA 7.6M Top Five in NA K4JA, N3RS, K1KI, N2NT, W4RM ARRL CW SS M 15th NA, 1st VA, 1st Roanoke 87/1240 152K • Only contest outside of the top ten ARRL SSB SS U 4th NA, 1st VA, 1st Roanoke 27/1582 245K Top Five in NA KP2A, K6LL, K7RL, W4NF @ W4RM 244,800 Points 1530 Qs and 80 Sections
Last Years Contest Results W4RM for 2003 - 2004 Contest Season Contest Class Place Standing/logs submitted Score ARRL RU MS 2nd NA, 1st VA, 1st Roanoke 5/892 160K (New Div Roanoke record) Top Five in Contest KI1G, AA5AU, K9NS,W1ZT, W4RM ARRL DX CW M2 6th NA 28/2683 6.67M Top Ten in NA K4JA, K1KI, N3RS, K8AZ, N4RV, W4RM ARRL DX SSB M2 3rd NA 40/2267 3.7M Top Five in NA K4JA, N3RS, W4RM
2004 -2005 Contest Operating Plans • The W4RM Contest Team plans to operate the following contests this contest season: • CQWW SSB (M2) • ARRL CW SS (Multi-op) • ARRL SSB SS (SOHP W4NF) • ARRL DX 160M (SO or Multi?) • ARRL 10M (Limited effort) • ARRL RTTY RU (Multi) • ARRL DX CW (M2) • ARRL DX SSB (from the Islands, VP2V?) • WPX SSB (WM4RM) M2