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1845-1880 kHz (SWR < 1.6)<BR>3500-3560 kHz (Lmatch)<BR>3700-3800 kHz
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face=Arial size=3><A
href="http://www.radioarkala.com/nbspStation/TowersandAntennas/Tower7/tabid/358/Default.aspx">http://www.radioarkala.com/nbspStation/TowersandAntennas/Tower7/tabid/358/Default.aspx</A></FONT></P></H1>
<H1>New 160m Antenna at Arkala OH8X</H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>It's well known that the bigger and higher the antenna,
the better results you'll get. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The new 3-element 160m antenna at <STRONG>OH8X</STRONG>
must be about as big as you can get. Look out for a strong signal from them
during 2009.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The new antenna for the 160m Amateur Radio band was
completed just in time for Christmas on 24th December after OH8SR and OH6RM had
spent three weeks installing it.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The Arcala Extremes station OH8X is located at Arkala
65.18N, 26.24E.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The impressive antenna specs are:<BR>Tower height
100m<BR>80M and 160M booms 60m<BR>Five (5) 80M full-size elements</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Pictures can be seen at </FONT><A
href="http://www.ly4a.com/?p=2499" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.ly4a.com/?p=2499</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>There is a video on YouTube of OH8NC giving a presentation
about OH8X to the WPMC 2008 Telecom conference, which you can watch here: <A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rth8FWBJFY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rth8FWBJFY</A> </FONT></EMBED></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>LY4A Daily DX News<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.ly4a.com/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.ly4a.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Arcala Extremes OH8X (both spellings of Arkala
used)<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.radioarkala.com/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.radioarkala.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Arkala on Google Earth<BR></FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/97jheu" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://tinyurl.com/97jheu</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Fonte: </FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff
size=1><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3>Southgate Amateur Radio
News</FONT> </FONT></P></BODY></HTML>