[VHFcontesting] Roving / Portable

[Marshall-K5QE]

Hi Steve, Mike and all.....I recommended to Mike that he build a couple 
of Cheap Yagis.  You could build them on different booms, use separate 
feedlines, and a simple coax switch to the rig.  The coax switch could 
be a cheapo mechanical one or you could use a relay. KISS wins again....

73 Marshall K5QE

On 6/11/2013 7:45 PM, Steve Kavanagh wrote:
> I second the opinion about log periodics.  They really come into their
> own when you are trying to cover 3 or more bands, but it takes a lot of
> LP aluminum to equal a 3 element Yagi for gain.
>
> You could build a couple of Cheap Yagis on a single boom (2m at the back
> and 70 cm at the front - the 2m signals won't see the higher frequency
> antenna at all) and couple them to a single feed line with a diplexer.
> Comet makes a few with tolerable advertised losses, though they are not weatherproof - you might be able to do better.  If the boom ends up too
> long for transport you could make it in two pieces which could fold or be
> taken apart.
>
> 73,
> Steve VE3SMA
>