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N1CC and NE5LL
took part in the 2005 QCWA Cruise to Alaska. (Linda and Jim are in
the back row ... the last two on the right side of the picture.) We hope to go back one day and do some operating from KL7 |
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N1CC's station in the country on Cedar Creek Lake is on a small lot....too small for "contest-quality" antennas. As such, we have an Alpha-Delta DX-CC inverted vee with the apex at 30 feet. Doing OK for now, looking to move to more countryside space in this area soon. Respectable performance has been attained in domestic contests, however, the low antennas do not perform well for significant DX contesting. You can see the 35' Rohn 25G support to the right of the garage, almost on the property line. This allows the antenna to run to 15' high endpoints running E-W so the most favorable direction is generallly N-S. Overhead power lines run along the street, about where the photographer was standing to take this picture. 25 feet behind the house is the channel of the Lake...very small lot.. nice dock, nice fishing. |
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Photo taken at AA5NT ARRL DX 2004 (SSB) N1CC on the left and N3BUO on the right (Photo-AA5NT) |
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November 2004 guest at NE5LL as NE5LL (SS Phone - Multiop - LP) in Moss Bluff, Louisiana and November 2004 at NE5LL as N1CC (CQWW CW). At NE5LL we used an FT-990 at 100W output into a Alpha-Delta DX-CC with the apex at 55 feet and the ends at 25 feet. The computer is now an HP Pavilion with 700 MHz P-III using WriteLog and RigBlaster-Pro. The favorite mode is PSK-31, with CW and SSB for contests only. Station was located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita disrupted operation with the removal (Act of God) of the antenna system .. and the station was mothballed until November 2005. |
| N1CC Antenna System was a Alpha-Delta DX-CC Multiwire Dipole attached to the inside of the fence with the center insulator in the middle of the long side of the fence. This means that the 82' antenna has 60' in the center that runs along the top of the long fence, with 11' bent at 90 degrees along the short side of the fence. The antenna is at 6' high above ground. Installed January 2002. The rig is a FT-990 at 100W output power. The computer was a Pentium 233-MMX system to provide logging, antenna switching, morse code keying, Digital Voice Keying and DRSI Packet Radio interface. QRT at this location December 2003. |  |
| I keep my hand in for a "normal" ham antenna solution by helping out at AA5NT multi-operator events. This is from the CQWW SSB 2001 operation. (Weight Loss from this picture is now more than 150 pounds!) |  |
The rig is the FT-990 at 100W output power. The computer is a Pentium 233-MMX system to provide logging, antenna switching, morse code keying, Digital Voice Keying and DRSI Packet Radio interface. When the contest station is built about 15 miles away, Antennas and Rigs will go to the remote location and the station will be connected via very cost-effective emerging technology. This is how I will avoid the problems of living full-time in the country (no convienences) or jamming antennas into a neighborhood that might object (I know I pushed PRB-1 in Albany - the political fallout wasn't worth it!)
Not enough operating time from the Hickory Creek location took place to evaluate the antenna and station performance, For more about N1CC you can select from the following options:
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You can contact me on the air during contests, via 
on Packet Radio or N1CC via
Internet Mail
. 73, de Jim N1CC
