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Arrived in Høm

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I just arrived in Høm and the new base element for the DX-88 looks good.

 

New base element for the DX-88

 

Unfortunately, there was no time to do anything today, except figure out the correct parameters for my use (CW).I arrived at the following parameters:

ElementInchesCentimeters fc [MHz] Δf [kHz]
A+B
 1025.3
3.7 and 7.0
 40 and 60
C
2.5
6.33
 28.2 100
D
2.0
5.07
 24.9 > 250
E
1.5-1.6
4.0 21.2 > 500
F
2.5
6.3
 18.1 100
G
2.2
5.8
 14.1 70
H
17.5
44.3
 10.15 60
I
18
45.6
 CWN/A

I will use 16 radials of at least 4.3 meters as recommended by the manual.