I've built one of Kent's 2m antennas and a few n6nb Quagis(I've made
some nice DX contacts using the 222 Quagi.) I don't need to look
closer at any site to figure out that I'm not connecting an antenna I
just built to a 706 without testing it first and tweaking/peaking it
second. I guess I care too much about the gear to spend time
returning it for repair, should whatever materials I managed to
source from the store be far enough away from as specified. I think
Joe706 might feel the same way about his single shiny rig. There are
ways around the test gear, people can borrow from elmers/clubs etc,
etc. Are people smart enough to obtain access to test gear, or have
faith in a .PDF to build antennas without testing, sure. Are they
going to leap that hurdle to casually dip a toe into VHF+ contesting?
I sure hope they do!! Just the same, I don't think we need to erect
any barriers to VHF+ by communicating that homebrew is the only path
to VHF+ contesting.
Homebrew is cool, commercial is cool. Let's leave both options open
when we're doing the VHF+ contest sell to newcomers.
Thanks,
kr0ver
P.S. Thanks for the kudos Duffy, looking forward to working you in June!
At 10:09 AM 3/3/2010, kb7dqh@donobi.net wrote:
>Hmmm... Test gear to build a Cheap Yagi??? Might want to take a really
>close look at Kent's website...
>
>The whole point of the design was to allow someone with a stick of wood, a
>chunk of coax, some wire, drill, tape measure and a soldering device to
>build an antenna that WORKS...
>
>Eric
>KB7DQH
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