[VHFcontesting] 2 meter antenna question.

John Geiger johngeig at yahoo.com
Sun May 4 00:44:09 EDT 2003


Don,

During the all 14 grids attempt, will you only work me
so you quality as a captive rover?

73s John NE0P


--- "Donald M. Ross" <dross at sirinet.net> wrote:
> Hi George,
> 
> I have used the KB6KQ loops for several years
> (learned about them from ND2X)
> without any problems.
> 
> Around town, I usually run just one of them mounted
> in the left rear stake
> mount on a GeoTool mount.  When roving for fun or
> contesting, I run dual
> loops mounted in the same place.  The dual loops
> appear to "hear" better and
> I get better reports when running them than with a
> single loop.  Due to the
> mounting configuration, I cannot do instant
> switching between single and
> dual loops, but can make the switch in about 2
> minutes.  I normally run the
> single loop with 25 - 40 watts, depending on the
> radio in use, but run the
> large TE Systems amp (400w on my Bird) with the dual
> loops.  You and I have
> worked with this configuration before (EM04 to EM00
> for the rest of you).  A
> friend of mine, NH6CJ, runs the M2 Loop and we have
> operated them side by
> side on the top of Mount Scott (EM04rr) several
> times.  I won't comment on
> whether one of them is "better" than the other since
> the antenna is only
> part of the total station configuration and there
> were no matching
> components between our two stations.  Mike loves his
> M2 Loop and I love my
> KB6KQ loops.
> 
> I have used the M2 2M9SSB both portable and
> permanent and really like the
> antenna.  While not as good as the 2M18XXX straight
> up in a fixed location,
> it is a solid performer and breaks apart easily for
> moving between sites.
> For June, I'm going to run the single 2M9SSB, but
> will probably try dual
> ones for the July contest as I attempt to put all 14
> Oklahoma grids on the
> air.
> 
> Hope this topic draws as many responses as the
> captive rover one did.
> 
> 73,  Don, NL7CO/EM04
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:vhfcontesting-bounces at contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of George Fremin III
> Sent: 03 May 2003 15:08
> To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] 2 meter antenna question.
> 
> 
> Is there anyone who uses an omni directional or near
> omnicirectional
> antenna in their VHF contest station on 144mhz or
> higher?
> 
> If so - what are you using or what have you tried?
> 
> Is anyone using more than one yagi or yagi arrays
> that
> is either fixed or on seprate towers/masts?
> 
> If so - what are you using and why?
> 
> If you have two yagis or yagi arrays do you have or
> have you
> had switching that would allow you to run both
> systems
> at one time so that you can listen and transmit in
> more
> than one direction?
> 
> What worked or didnt' work?
> 
> --
> George Fremin III - K5TR
> geoiii at kkn.net
> http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
> 
> 
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