XE2EOS near Guatemalan border freqs back to normal & photos xe2/n6kzb

Submitted by N6KZB on Fri, 2014-11-07 22:06

After the last series of tropical storms and hurricanes the antenna system at XE2EOS suffered.
As a result many weeks back the freq line up was down to a couple of bands. RFI issues
with high SWR forced us to change the line up.

Due to warm weather this past week, area technicians from Chiapas were able to brave the mountain road and make it to the site.
It was discovered that the 4:1 UnUn was full of water and the 90 foot wire almost to the ground.

All has been repaired and a different mounting was found to hopefully prevent further occurrences.
Testing showed RFI gone so a few days on the air will tell the tale.

Please update your channels lists.

Thanks to XE2GJJ and locals who made the trip and hours to repair.

Update: Nov 14, 2014
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Just to be clear, the Balun Designs devices used are top quality and work well. The error was in our failure to read the instructions to add "weep"
holes for condensation build up, after the mounting posture is known for the Balun or UnUn. Especially in these humid and damp climates, so
I just want to be sure no detriment is implied to the product they sell.

Mike

Image: 
Balun designs 4: 1 UnUn
Tower with end fed wire
wire going to tree from tower
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