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Re: [VHFcontesting] 2m yagi on 432

To: "VHF Contesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>,"Mike Urich" <ka5cvh@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 2m yagi on 432
From: "John Geiger (NE0P)" <ne0p@lcisp.com>
Reply-to: ne0p@lcisp.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:25:55 -0500
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Although I did use a 3 element 6 meter beam on 2 meters during an Aurora in 
2001.  Worked from EN41 to EM58.

73s John NE0P


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <ka5cvh@gmail.com>
Date:  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:58:01 -0500

>On 4/13/06, jon jones <n0jk@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So a simple 6M antenna can work on 2M in a pinch and is capable of read DX.
>> I also think this 2M TEP QSO shows how strong propagation can be via this
>> mode and PY5CC's station and operating skill were a factor.
>
>Mike wrote
>
>But this was a quad and not a Yagi !  Like others have commented, and
>I too have heard, (but never tested personally), that 3/2 wave center
>fed yagi's will perform poorly.
>
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