[VHFcontesting] LOOPS

[JT Croteau]

Many thanks to all those who replied, both on and off the list, and gave 
their input on this subject.  I went ahead and ordered all the necessary 
items to build a stack of two 2M loops from m2.  Emails to Norm have 
been bouncing all week with "mailbox full" and I can't get him on the 
phone so I gave up.

The main grips about m2 loops were the fact that they detune easily when 
wet.  Well, here in Los Angeles, it hasn't rained in 8 months so I'm not 
too worried about it.

I'll give everyone a report and have pictures once they are mounted on 
my pick-em-up truck.  If the 2M m2 loops work as hoped, I will then be 
adding an array of 2 or 4 loops for 70cm.

Long term plans are to also rig my sailboat with loops for 2M and 70cm 
so I can be sailboat rover (maritime mobile) from rare grid squares like 
DM02.

73's

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  JT Croteau                                             Wilmington, CA
  ARS W6CFO/MM aboard "QuickSilver"                  Los Angeles Harbor