It’s been a while since the last update but I have some news to share. We’re one step closer to being back on the air.
As some may know, Dmitri Zhikharev RA9USU along with Adrian Ciuperca KO8SCA have been working with me behind the scenes to get the station operational again.
Through the generous donations of Dima and his associates (notably Ed Kritsky NT2X), we were able to get a rack mounted K3, Acom 2000 linear amplifier, and associated network-enabled control hardware.
We were also granted another K3 to act as a remote head from SK Tony N2UN via his widow, and delivered to us by Andrew Bodony K2LE.
Finally, Adrian has been doing a lot of behind-the-scenes networking and legwork with his counterparts to help get things done from within the United Nations.
Yesterday represents an additional milestone for the club as Adrian (who did most of the work) and I, finally erected a brand new SteppIR BigIR vertical antenna on the Secretariat’s roof.
All that remains is to connect and lay the ground radials, fine-tune the rack mounted devices, and setup and configure the remote K3.
Once done and after almost a decade off-air,
we can finally call CQ
de 4U1UN.
73! James K2QI
President, 4U1UN
