[VHFcontesting] 70cm Antenna & Amplifier

[Andy Delgado, KE5EXX/R]

I built the Cheap Yagi for 432 on my rover and talk from EM45 back to EM31
pretty easily. I am running a TE brick though.

de KE5EXX/R

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Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:30 PM
To: VHF Contest Reflector
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 70cm Antenna & Amplifier

I have managed to get a 70cm all mode radio on eBay.  (Icom IC-471A)  It 
does just 25 watts. 

I don't have a lot of space for an antenna and no space for a stacked 
set.  I was thinking of the Directive Systems DSFO432-15RS which is a 
rover friendly antenna of around 8' in length.  It will be about 30'. 

I am in north central Indiana (Kokomo) so I would likely need to reach 
some major cities like Cincinnati, Columbus, & Toledo OH and Detroit and 
Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago, IL and Louisville, KY for some contacts.  
Am I going to need an amplifier to get the job done?

What might be better possibilities? 

-- 
Jim Hunt
K9GTJ

Live Weather >> http://www.kokomo-weather.com


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