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I have completed maintenance on the Arctic King in preparation for winter. I replaced the support wires for the top-load wires of the antenna with Dyneema rope. This rope has a breaking strength of around 5 tonnes but I ran into some problems because of its elongation under load.
The tension on the top load wires is around 200kg (440lbs) and it was quite a formidable job to accomplish.
The photos were taken last night and it is quite tricky to photograph the full moon in the dark.
I received my 160 WAZ Certificate in the mail today.
I have worked and confirmed 38 Zones, still missing Zones 2 and 37. All contacts were made using CW.
A spring tide coupled with an atmospheric high pressure of 1025HP resulted in the lowest tide I have yet seen in Otradalur.
