Hi Ron, Yep they work just fine upside down, though mine are rightside up.. and
have survived well, probably due to the "decoy" 432 antennas above them..
bill
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:49:08 -0500
> To: callbill@hotmail.com
> From: wz1v@sbcglobal.net
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Looking for a 1.2 GHz antenna.
> CC: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
>
> Hi Bill: You maybe forgot to mention to mount them upside down to avoid
> bird damage. I've got a recent influx of turkey vultures here and they bent
> the crap out of my 903 loops (it was mounted loop side up, oops). These
> turkey vultures are fat and heavy like real turkeys, very destructive! oH
> yeah, the 1296 looper looks like new (remembered to mount that one upside
> down).
> -73, Ron WZ1V FN31
>
> At 11:35 AM 2/4/2008, you wrote:
>
> >Both antennas have great gain. The argument for the loop Yagi (Directive
> >Systems) has in part been wet weather performance. Water droplets on the
> >ends of rod elements (the high impedance points) of a rod element (M^2)
> >Yagi always detune it and this effect gets worse as you go higher in
> >frequency. On the loop Yagi, at least when it's horizontally polarized,
> >and that's probably what we're talking about here, water runs around the
> >loop to the low impedance point and basically just runs off the element.
> >People have often talked about "loops getting bent" as a down side of the
> >loop design, I've never found this to be a problem, I've had a pair of
> >45el 23cm loops, a 47el 903 loop and a 45el 2304 loop at 120ft (+/-) in
> >Maine for almost 20 years. they've been through ice storms, hurricanes,
> >LARGE BIRDS, etc and still look and work perfectly.
> >
> >my $.02,
> >
> >bill, K1DY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 22:08:20 -0800
> > > From: timcoad@gmail.com
> > > To: alan@muldawer.com
> > > CC: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
> > > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Looking for a 1.2 GHz antenna.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I have one of each, and they are both great as far as I can tell.
> > > The Directive Systems came pretty much all ready to go just connect the
> > boom
> > > halves.. The M2 needed quite a lot of time to install all those
> > > elements...
> > >
> > > Tim - NU6S
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/2/08, Alan Muldawer <alan@muldawer.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Looking for a 1.2 GHz antenna.
> > > > Hi: I am looking for a 1.2 GHz antenna. I am not sure if I should go
> > > > the Directive Systems or M2 or any others. I would appreciate any
> > > > suggestions.
> > > > Bests & 73
> > > > Alan N3ALN
> > > >
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