[VHFcontesting] Roving / Portable

[Jerry]

If you want to do the /R as well, could always try Loops..don't have to 
do any set up at each stop..just watch for low branches ! This guy 
offers some HD Loops for fair price..I have his 6M and 2M versions..work 
well !
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Loop-Package-50mhz-144mhz-432mhz-antennas-/330917625019?pt=US_Radio_Comm_Antennas&hash=item4d0c3a3cbb#ht_338wt_900
(and I am in No Way affiliated with him !)
Jerry
VE6CPP

On 6/11/2013 6:54 PM, Marshall-K5QE wrote:
> 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
>>
>
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