# 145 Alive net from Whitehaven

**URL:** <https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282>\
**Category:** 145 Alive Event\
**Created:** [22 July 2025 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282 "2025-07-22T10:06:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/user_avatar/discourse.cumbriacq.com/richard/32/404_2.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/u/Richard)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2025 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282/1 "2025-07-22T10:06:24Z")

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Thanks to everybody that called in on the day .  
It was a bit of a challenge keeping things flowing , because most people could not hear each other and it was a relief when [Lee and Lo’](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-live-event-20-july-2025-with-m0llc-and-m7rlo-caldbeck-cumbria/280/2) got to Caldbeck and some of them could hear him well enough to work , but it was all interesting stuff, and I’m up for it again next time ,

The 5/8 antenna I made flattered to deceive , in theory it should have gain over the 1/2 wave but in Chris’s words (G0WFH) from N of Carlisle it sounded like I was using a dummy load compared to the 1/4 wave . So, the 5/8 was " fixed " yesterday, using the wire cutters and soldering iron , and is now a 1/2 wave which which will accept my optional ["blackpool rock "](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/with-mi-little-stick-o-blackpool-rock/277/2) 70cm phasing tube !  
Reg 2E0LDF called in trying his moxon he’d just made which seemed to be working OK .

[![](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/uploads/default/original/1X/3b90f25acf8c1d8ae1eabd0ddb129c672f2ec4e7.jpeg "145 alive July 2025") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQIlxfFVnMQ)

 ![145_alive_logJuly_2025](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/uploads/default/original/1X/12e067181c8e1e5b2c7b98072c79c09837e2965a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![M5LEE](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/user_avatar/discourse.cumbriacq.com/m5lee/32/233_2.png) [@M5LEE](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/u/M5LEE)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2025 11:38 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282/2 "2025-07-22T11:38:34Z")

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Great video Richard and a great Log! I do enjoy 145 Alive events. You will be working on a Blackpool Rock Version 2 are you haha

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**Author:** ![Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/user_avatar/discourse.cumbriacq.com/richard/32/404_2.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/u/Richard)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2025 11:48 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282/3 "2025-07-22T11:48:43Z")

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It’s already done Lee !  
I cut that 5/8 up and soldered it back together as a half wave . Dropped the stick of rock tube onto it and it has a flatter SWR curve on 70cms and 2m than the original one and lower reactance

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**Author:** ![M5LEE](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/user_avatar/discourse.cumbriacq.com/m5lee/32/233_2.png) [@M5LEE](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/u/M5LEE)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2025 11:54 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282/4 "2025-07-22T11:54:56Z")

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Is it working any better Richard?

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**Author:** ![Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/user_avatar/discourse.cumbriacq.com/richard/32/404_2.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/u/Richard)\
**Post date:** [22 July 2025 13:32 UTC](https://discourse.cumbriacq.com/t/145-alive-net-from-whitehaven/282/5 "2025-07-22T13:32:23Z")

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It’s now shortened and the same as the ones I always use ( the 1/2 wave one I did most of the net with) so it will be OK. I was opening MX and getting an S7 return sig with it about 10ft above the drive and 5W from the FT-65. and GD and DG repeaters returning S9  
That’s twice I tried it as a 5/8 and the RX and TX signal reports dropped significantly compared to the shorter one . So much for the “improved gain” it was supposed to have eh ?