Lat 50.04.30 N
Long 5.41.49 W
Grid IO70db
WAB SW32
District of Penwith
5BDXCC 2153 |
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G4AMT |
Terry George
Sennen, Cornwall |
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The Office !
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Nice rainbow pitching into the new antenna park ! April 2018
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Licensed in 1971, operating from Penberth Cove using arrays of delta loops on lf, strung between trees in the valley and the hilltop. Moved to Trevescan, Sennen in 1982 at a better but very noisy location and continued to chase the rare ones with various wire antennas.
I had the honour of working for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution as Coxswain of the Sennen Cove Lifeboat from 1989 until May 2018. During this time I operated from a very good site overlooking the sea above Sennen Cove... still depicted in some of the images currently on this page.
On retiring from the RNLI in 2018, I have moved back to my original QTH at Trevescan. I have been very fortunate to be able to rent part of the field adjacent to my property from a very kind local farmer and now have an antenna system nearly 200 metres away from the houses and the dreaded VDSL interference !
I have also returned to earning my living in my fishing boat out of Sennen Cove.
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Take-off to the north with Cape Cornwall in the distance
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80 m Antenna is a 40ft topwire-loaded vertical driving against 200 surface radials. The pole is a fibreglass `Spiderbeam` 60ft model with top 2 and bottom 2 sections removed.
Pole is on a hinged base allowing it to be lowered in the day to reduce visual impact.
160m antenna is a 40ft vertical wire top-loaded with a coil and 4 wire top-hat - with an extensive surface radial system.
40m employs a sloping dipole array.
Wire loops for HF bands.
All hoisted up a 40ft pneumatic mast`as required` like changing sails on a yacht !
A K9AY receiving antenna is also in use - see it on YouTube here !
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(Left) 4 element 40m sloper (low feed points) interweaved with 4 element 30m sloper (higher feed points)
Gives decent performance and of course immediate switching on both bands
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Take- off viewed from the sea looking just east of south.
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2018 160m vertical - wire radiator (sloping to right) top loading coil and 4 wire top hat. |
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NFD 1977 ! G4CRC/P at St Ives School
FT101ZD, HW100.
An Autek memory keyer which I had bought from the States.
Thanks to John G3UCQ for the photo ! |
Loops and slopers stored in blue `bongos` and fish boxes ready for hoisting as required.
160m feed point under pink tub with vertical wire stored in green bin.
This all works fine but requires a lot of discipline to store the loops etc correctly, ready to go .... and takes a few minutes to change bands, particularly if it`s windy ! |
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Complete online log back to September 1971 now on LoTW and Clublog.
One current DXCC country needed:- North Korea ... come along Mr Kim. |
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QSL address
Terry George. Trevescan, Sennen, Cornwall UK. TR19 7AQ
Regular log updates to LOTW and ClubLog
Happy to QSL direct. |
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