[VHFcontesting] 432 during UHF contest

[crawfish]

Not to argue the point, but that won't fly here in southern TN where I have
to go to 2m and beg contacts to go to 432.And 432 is not used except on
contests, otherwise. I envy the activity in the Midwest and Northeast on
VHF/UHF.
                                Joe W4AAB
----- Original Message -----
From: "STeve Andre'" <andres at msu.edu>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 during UHF contest


> 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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