[VHFcontesting] 432 during UHF contest

[STeve Andre']

Hmmm.  20 watts on 432 is infiniately better than not doing it at 
all.  Sure, having two fat yagis is better; the more AL you push
into the sky the more contacts you'll make, but to say that you
wouldn't think of just using 20w seems to be defeatist, to me.

During the UHF contest in 2004, no one in our club came out, I
had disasters with both yagi's, so I had to use two halos, on a 20ft
mast because that was all my wife, daughter and I could put up.
but I still had fun, got Wisconsin from en82 (mi) on 220, and at
least Philadelphia on 432.  So having a pipsqueak station can still
get somewhere...!

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en82

On Sunday 30 July 2006 15:10, crawfish wrote:
> C3i just sold to new owners. There is a link to K8GP,who has used their
> antennas. I wouldn't think about trying to do anything on 432 with 20 watts
> unless I had up at least 2 real good yagis(at least 3 wavelength booms). If
> anyone is making a version of the K1FO FO-22 or FO-25 or any of the M2's
> 432 yagis would be fine.
>                                   Joe W4AAB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <ka5cvh at gmail.com>
> To: "David Ashworth" <fathom at dslextreme.com>
> Cc: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 1:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 during UHF contest
>
> > On 7/29/06, David Ashworth <fathom at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have 432 with 20 watts to point around from CM87
> >
> > Mike wrote
> >
> > I can't speak for how much activity there is in the Bay Area.  However
> > 20 watts into 4 properly spaced C3i FO39-432's at a good height and
> > proper feedline should produce some real serious results.  Sooooo much
> > more than 100 watts into a KB6KQ-432 which is just fine for different
> > circumstances.
> >
> > My point being that at V/UHF frequencies power alone is a pretty
> > meaningless statement and no you don't have to have 4 C3i's but oh how
> > sweet that would be.
> >
> > http://www.c3iusa.com
> >
> > --
> > Mike Urich, KA5CVH
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