[VHFcontesting] Yagi vs Moxon

[Dan Evans]

Everyone agrees this is the Saturn 6.  It is likely an original, as it appears very old.  But hey, it was cheap enough so I grabbed it :-)
 
Thanks to Harry, W0BL, for pointing out the 12.5 ohm impedance.  It didn't come with a matching section, so it looks like I will need a 4:1 balun to feed it...
 
73 all,
Dan

-- 
K9ZF
Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. EM78el
former K9ZF /R no budget Rover ***QRP-l #1269
Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
<http://www.qsl.net/n9rla>
List Administrator for: InHam+grid-loc+ham-books
Ask me how to join the Indiana Ham Mailing list!


>________________________________
>From: Walt Murphy <n2wm at nj.net>
>To: Dan Evans <k9zf at yahoo.com>; Rick R <rick1ds at hotmail.com>; vhf contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> 
>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 1:40 PM
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Yagi vs Moxon
>
>
>All us old 6m AM Mobile Ops had either a Saturn 6 or the HyGain 2 ring Halo or at the end of AM days the Squalo.
>
>    If anyone finds a how to build a Saturn 6 instruction manual please pass along.
>
>My Saturn 6 lost a battle with a low tree branch and 2-3 years later my HyGain due to op error met the overhead door of my garage.
>
>              73  Walt    N2WM
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Evans" <k9zf at yahoo.com>
>To: "Rick R" <rick1ds at hotmail.com>; "vhf contesting" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 9:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Yagi vs Moxon
>
>
>Correct.
>
>Compact is the key. I have never felt comfortable driving with a full size yagi in place on the rover vehicle. It is wider than the vehicle... You can turn a 3 element 90 degrees offset, but this is annoying as well.
>
>The folded ends of the moxon make it narrow enough to fit with the "foot print" of the vehicle, with only a small sacrifice in performance.
>
>Works for me.
>
>Who made the old 6m halo's with the three "rings"? I picked one up at a hamfest last weekend...
>
>73
>Dan
>
>-- K9ZF
>Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Clark County Indiana. EM78el
>former K9ZF /R no budget Rover ***QRP-l #1269
>Check out the Rover Resource Page at:
><http://www.qsl.net/n9rla>
>List Administrator for: InHam+grid-loc+ham-books
>Ask me how to join the Indiana Ham Mailing list!
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Rick R <rick1ds at hotmail.com>
>> To: vhf contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:53 PM
>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Yagi vs Moxon
>> 
>> 
>> The 3 El Yagi will outperform the Moxon by 1-2 dB. The Moxon will be a little more compact.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> VHFcontesting mailing list
>> VHFcontesting at contesting.com
>> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
>> 
>> 
>> 
>_______________________________________________
>VHFcontesting mailing list
>VHFcontesting at contesting.com
>http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
>
>
>
>
>