Our antennas at Williams Hill

Two element tri-band Mosley beam at 33 feet. Crank-up military mast. Rotor is a ChannelMaster.

End-fed half-wave (EFHW) wire fed with 9:1 unun. Using long steel cable as counter poise. Didn't work all that well and never as well as the top-loaded vertical.

Six meter yagi,up about 20 feet.

The main antenna was a 40 foot vertical with a 140 foot flat top. It was grounded using 200 square feet of chicken wire which was also attached to the perimeter steel cable. A good tune from 160 meters to 10 meters.

Exploring Williams Hill transmitter/relay site

Williams Hill is located on BLM land near Lockwood, CA.

The hill was originally used as a fire lookout.

Cloud cover fills the Salinas Valley, to the East. 

Cliff, K6CLS, and Dave,W6VYC, in the motorhome.

Why we do what we do!

Some stations worked on 10 meters

WP4PJI, Victor;  NN4NC, Mac;  W4LID, Cyrus;  KD9BKY, Alan;  AJ4FX, Ken;  LU1JHD, Marc;  W4OOB, Eric;  KD8PJP, Scott;  Thank you all.

Antennas up despite the storm

3-band, two-element yagi; three-element 6 meter beam and 43 foot vertical antenna set up in the wind. 

Waiting out the storm in the motorhome.

Time for soup and hot drinks

Happy New Year

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