[VHFcontesting] ...I must be Insane! June VHF contest...

[Dave N6NZ]

Hey Dude,
    Nicely done.  I've done similar things on the roof rack of an E-250 
van.  It's been a couple of years since I've roved, though.

I have lots of comments... YMMV but I'll share my thoughts.

1. Looks like a 6M horizontal loop.  This is goodness.  That's what I 
eventually settled on.  Although during openings I didn't win pileups, 
putting up/taking down a beam just didn't cut it. Instant set-up is a 
requirement in my opinion.

2. Looks like a 2M horizontal loop.  My experience is that this just 
doesn't cut it.  Can't hear well enough to be useful, can't be heard.  I 
went to a short yagi.

3. 432 beam looks just right.

4. I can't tell if you have the ability to rotate.  That is something I 
always wished I had.  Even just a few degrees back and forth. Turning the 
vehicle is impractical for lots of situations.  Of course, my 1.2G beam was 
"too long" which didn't help -- although with a rotator for tweaking it 
probably would have been FB.  On your vehicle, an "armstrong tweaker" in 
the form of a tiller that you could pin in place while you drive might work 
out well.

Anyway, looks like a good set up.  Have fun!

73, Dave N6NZ

At 09:07 PM 6/3/02 -0700, Scott Pederson wrote:
>OK,
>
>Check out the pics of my June VHF rover station -
>
>http://www.ki5dr.com/June%20Rover2002.html
>
>Ain't this the UGLIEST looking thing you've ever seen on the road?
>Comments? Suggestions? Dynamite?
>
>I sure hope it works OK....
>
>73,
>Scott - ki5dr
>
>
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