W 4 RM M 2 Station Bill O Mara

W 4 RM M 2 Station Bill O’Mara W 4 RM Jack O’Mara W 4 NF

Overview n n W 4 RM Station (Tower and Stations) Planed Future Station Enhancements Last Years Contest Results 2004 -2005 Contest Operating Plans

W 4 RM Station Location and Tower n n n The W 4 RM M 2 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 I 95. Currently, the Station has a single 110 ft Rohn 55 G tower using Phillystrain guy wires located 500 ft from the house. Antennas and placement: • 125 ft 7 ele 6 M Force 12 Beam • 119 ft 70 ft 80 M Force 12 rotatable dipole with relay switching for CW and SSB • 112 ft 3 ele 40 M (MAG 340 N) Force 12 Beam • 104 ft C 31 XR Tribander on a 1032 D Tic-Ring rotor • 72 ft C 31 XR Tribander on a 1022 D Tic-Ring Rotor • 40 ft C 31 XR Tribander fix mounted on EU

W 4 RM Station Tower and antennas n The C 31 XRs are connect to an Array Solutions Stack Match for stacking control • Second Feed Line Option allows split of stack n n n All Antennas are feed at the bottom of the tower into an Array Solutions Six Pack antenna controller 160 M antenna is a single wire inverted L (80 ft vertical) with 32 ground radials and 6000 ft of wire 160 M receive: A single 580 ft NE beverage Top rotor is an M 2 Orion RC-2800 P The tower is connect to the shack by 2 - 500 ft 7/8” hardline runs and one ½” 500 ft hardline run

K 7 SV and W 4 NF

40 M, 80 M, 6 M

Two Stack of C 31 XRs

W 4 RM Tower

W 4 RM Stations n The M 2 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 n Yaesu FT-1000 MP n Alpha 99 Amplifier n Pentium Computer running Writelog n Six Pack antenna controller n MFJ-434 DVK n Top Ten Band Decoder n Dunestar 600 Band Pass Filter n 2 CW paddles (right and left side) n Logi. Keyer n Heil Proset

W 4 RM Stations • The Mulipler station consists of the following equipment n Yaesu FT-920 n Alpha 374 A Amplifier n Pentium Computer running Writelog n Single ½” hardline run to crank-up tower (AB 577) with Force 12 C 4 E n Top Ten Band Decoder n ICE Band Pass Filter n CW paddle, Heil Proset • The Master Computer is feed by a Comcast highspeed cable modem, router and 8 port switch n This master computer runs VE 7 CC and connects to K 4 JA packcluster, filters and feeds all three stations n 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

Three Stations for M 2

W 4 RM M 2 Station

Run Station #1

Multiplier Station

Run Station #2

Master Computer

Planed Future Station Enhancements n n Add third ring rotor to 40 ft C 31 XR Add Second tower (Spring/Summer 2005) • 100 ft Rohn n n On Mast - WARC-7 (12, 17, 30 M) Force 12 Beam 115 ft Two Stack of 15 M OWA 6 ele 36 foot boom Beams @92 and 67 ft fixed on EU Add second and third 160 M Inverted L’s to the Triangular array (first one complete) Add 4 four additional 580 ft beverages and switching Shack Changes • • Change out 17” monitors with 19” flat panel monitors mounted on adjustable arms Add roofing filters to FT-1000 MP’s

Last Years Contest Results n First full year of contest operation from W 4 RM • Operated: n n Four M 2 • (CQWW SSB, ARRL RTTY RU, ARRL DX CW, ARRL DX SSB) One Multi Op (Nov SS CW) One SOA, W 4 NF (Nov SS SSB) W 4 RM – Operators • W 4 NF, W 4 RM, K 5 OF, K 1 SE, K 4 VV, AC 5 RR, W 7 IY, K 5 VG, W 4 DC, WA 4 TK, KA 4 RRU, W 4 DAV, KE 4 BUS, N 8 CIA, KG 4 HTL n Bold Calls are new PVRC Members

Last Years Contest Results n 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 160 M • Worked WAS on CW • Worked WAS on SSB • And had a lot of FUN!!!!!

Last Years Contest Results W 4 RM for 2003 - 2004 Contest Season Contest Class Place Standing/logs submitted CQ WW SSB M 2 5 th NA Top Five in NA K 4 JA, N 3 RS, K 1 KI, N 2 NT, W 4 RM ARRL CW SS • M Score 7. 6 M 15 th NA, 1 st VA, 1 st Roanoke 87/1240 152 K Only contest outside of the top ten ARRL SSB SS U 4 th NA, 1 st VA, 1 st Roanoke 27/1582 245 K Top Five in NA KP 2 A, K 6 LL, K 7 RL, W 4 NF @ W 4 RM 244, 800 Points 1530 Qs and 80 Sections

Last Years Contest Results W 4 RM for 2003 - 2004 Contest Season Contest Class Place Standing/logs submitted ARRL RU MS 2 nd NA, 1 st VA, 1 st Roanoke 5/892 (New Div Roanoke record) Top Five in Contest KI 1 G, AA 5 AU, K 9 NS, W 1 ZT, W 4 RM Score 160 K ARRL DX CW 6. 67 M M 2 6 th NA 28/2683 Top Ten in NA K 4 JA, K 1 KI, N 3 RS, K 8 AZ, N 4 RV, W 4 RM ARRL DX SSB M 2 3 rd NA Top Five in NA K 4 JA, N 3 RS, W 4 RM 40/2267 3. 7 M

W 4 RM vs. K 4 JA ARRL DX SSB March 2004

2004 -2005 Contest Operating Plans n The W 4 RM Contest Team plans to operate the following contests this contest season: • • • CQWW SSB (M 2) ARRL CW SS (Multi-op) ARRL SSB SS (SOHP W 4 NF) ARRL DX 160 M (SO or Multi? ) ARRL 10 M (Limited effort) ARRL RTTY RU (Multi) ARRL DX CW (M 2) ARRL DX SSB (from the Islands, VP 2 V? ) WPX SSB (WM 4 RM) M 2