[UK-CONTEST] Which 70cms beam for contesting?

[Roger Thawley]

Keith,
	Why not build an LFA yagi.....nice and simple.

See http://www.g0ksc.co.uk/

Regards
Roger, G0BSU

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Sent: 11 May 2010 23:41
Cc: UK Contesting
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Which 70cms beam for contesting?

I'm looking to get a 70cms beam to use for contesting at home but I'm not
really sure what's worth looking at these days. I can't go silly large so
something the size of a 19 element Tonna would probably be ideal.  Are the
19 Tonnas still available or is there a reasonable alternative?

I use a 9 element Vargarda at home on 2m which I'm very happy with but
understand the 70cms Vargardas were not very good and anyway are difficult
to get hold of now. I used to run a Jaybeam multibeam many years ago which
was great but weighed about the same as a small elephant!

Any suggestions please? It will be sitting on a stub mast probably three to
four feet above my 2m beam at around 35 feet above the ground.

73
Keith, G6NHU
Martello Tower Group, G0PKT

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