WØAIH Contest Station. Welcome to the farm, where the primary crop is big towers and antennas! Overview: "The Farm" as it is referred to by WØAIH regulars is located on 120 acres of rolling farmland in West Central Wisconsin, just southeast of Eau Claire.

From CQ "The crypitc message read 'Weights 1200 lbs.,come out of a farm silo, takes 5.5 minutes to turn the 40 meter beam' That's the way Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH described this monster antenna rotator for us.

As an amateur radio enthusiast the call W0AIH which he got in 1949 was known around the world. He mentored many "hams" to developed their skills. He also hosted many radio contests at "the farm" which were recognized world wide for their participation and competence.

The 160 Meter Position during ARRL DX CW with W0AIH at the helm .: 160 M Tower Photos. Full sized 1/4 wave elevated feed vertical. Tower is 18" face Pirod with base insulater at 60 feet. There are 24 elevated radials. Feed point for the beverages. There are 10 beverages all orginating in this building. Each beverage is 1040 feet long.

The 80M station usually runs a Yaesu FT-1000D driving a homebrew 4-1000A..: 80 M Antennas. NE/SW Bobtail Curtain. NW/SE Bobtail Curtain. 3 element vertical beam (NE/NW/SE/SW)

15 Meters has a wide variety of antennas available, allowing most directions and propagation modes to be covered without waiting for antennas to rotate.

The history of the WØAIH Contest Station.The history of WØAIH. Check out the links to the left for WØAIH stories

What's missing from this picture? Operators, of course! Most of the contest operations at WØAIH are in the multi-operator, multi-transmitter class.

Tower List : Towers . Num Name/Pimary Use Ant Height Type Face . 1 Strum 40 m 3/3 ele Hygain 40m 180/90 200 Guyed 54 ?. 6 ele 10m @ 90 200feet. 2 Vesto 40 m 3 ele 40m 70 feet 70 SS Taper. 4 ele ??m . 3 FVF Mem TH5 60 ft 60 SS??. 4. 5 …

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