[VHFcontesting] Correction re credits of beam designers

[Eugene Zimmerman]

Bill is absolutely correct. I meant VE3BFM and not VE3BQN! I guess I had Ted
on my mind because of his recent passing. Sorry! 

73  Gene  W3ZZ
World Above 50 MHz
FM19jd  MD
50 => 10 GHz
Grid Pirates Contest Group K8GP
Member, CQWW Contest Advisory Group


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Burgess [mailto:ve3cru at rac.ca] 
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 1:56 PM
To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Correction re credits of beam designers

Gene Zimmerman mentioned several well known beam designers.  However, one is
in error.  Ted Sparrow VE3BQN, who became a Silent Key a week ago, was a
ham-dentist, never designing beams.  The person deserving this credit is Bob
Morton VE3BFM whose stretched 4 elmt 6 meter beams I now have.  Last year's
CQ WW VHF Rover World was won by me, using a single 'BFM 4E6 beam 12 feet up
on my Rovermobile.  Points: 79,002.  No 2 meters taken.

For those in disbelief over what rovers can put on the roof, I run in all
vhf and up contests with this beam at the top of the mast at 12 feet, from
the time I leave home till I return home, and run full highway speeds too.

Fuel economy:  Don't ask, not included in any Rover Handbook!  : - )

Bridges, never a problem.  Trees, many problems.  PLAN YOUR ROUTE WISELY!   

Bill   VE3CRU/R