At 10:12 PM 6/7/2003, David A. Pruett wrote:
>YMMV - just a caveat to not expect miracles with such a simple antenna. I
>would think that a short dowel rod mast fastened to a magnetic base, and
>holding up 50 and 144 (also usable on 432) inverted vees (acting as guy lines)
>would work a lot better. True, you gotta build something, but that's what
>makes it fun.
Another great resource if you are not averse to building at the last minute:
http://www.clarc.org/Articles/uhf.htm
Even a small number of elements will pay off with bigger results.
73 and GL - jeff wk6i
ps: As far as loops go, I like the ones made by Norm KB6KQ. Extremely well
made, stackable, and nice to look at - but Norm makes them to order so it is
probably too late for this weekend: http://www.kb6kq.com/
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Jeff Stai jds@twistedoak.com
Twisted Oak Winery http://www.twistedoak.com/
Rocketry Org. of CA http://www.rocstock.org/
Amateur Radio WK6I
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