[SCCC] The Next Step

[Michael Tope]

Hi Art,

Thanks for the info. I agree this is definitely coming. Greg Ordy, W8WWV 
did a presentation at the Dayton Antenna Forum this year showing how he 
used a drone to measure the pattern of one of his HF Yagi antennas. The 
2015 Antenna Forum presentations are not there yet, but here is where 
they should show up when Tim gets around to posting them:

http://www.k3lr.com/Dayton/

I think last year he posted them sometime in August, so keep an eye out.

73, Mike W4EF.....................

On 8/14/2015 12:16 AM, Art Goddard wrote:
> A few days ago a drone-based video of the K6NA antenna farm was posted here.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbR2AAxUuB0&feature=youtu.be
>
> Here’s the next step:  Drone-based field strength measurements.  How does your installed antenna actually perform?
> http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/homepage-archive/2014/Drone-Based-Field-Measurement-System.htm
>
> This idea will be commonplace in not too many years.  Using correction factors we might be able to measure in the antenna near field and save time/money.  And, of course, comparison of measured results to EZ-NEC will be automatically compiled.
>
> Its things like this that make the FCC Amateur Radio license grant program valuable to America – along with the international goodwill generated by our DX/contest QSOs.
>
> 73, Art  W6XD
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