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Re: [VHFcontesting] Field day antenna?

To: Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc@swbell.net>, VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Field day antenna?
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 11:45:58 -0500
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If you want something omnidirectional, horizontally polarized, loops or
stacked loops would be the way to go. The range would be more limited than
that with a Yagi, though.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc@swbell.net> wrote:

> Typical setup was 3 element 6m yagi at 25', 12 element yagi on 2m & 432.
> Looking for easier setup without rotor without too much performance loss.
>
> Floyd KC5QBC
>
> > On May 26, 2014, at 8:27 PM, "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <mike@ka5cvh.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc@swbell.net>
> wrote:
> >> Looking for input on a 6m/2m/70cm field day antenna setup that does not
> >> require a rotor. Suggestions?
> >
> > Mike wrote
> >
> > One, Two or Three separate antennas?  A vertical on 50MHz won't matter
> > much.  I have a Diamond DPGH62 <now a CP62> that has nice performance
> > only 15' or so off the ground. You can also use any number of loops
> > like the KB6KQ, M2 and others. You can also see if you can round up
> > enough loops for 144 & 432 and stack them to get some gain.
> >
> > --
> > Mike Urich KA5CVH
> > http://ka5cvh.com
> >
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