[VHFcontesting] Roving / Portable

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Dean Denter <ddenter at midnowhere.net> wrote:

> The CC I was using for roving was a A270-10S -- the dual band beam with 5el on 144 on one side of the boom & 5el on 440 on the other side of the boom.

Mike wrote

I have on of those too.  I have actually used it on FM for bike rides
etc where I have been out on the far end of the course and needed a
little extra HP. Which is what it was bought for.  Its fair at best on
144, leaves a lot to be desired on 440.

Well tomorrow AM before it gets too warm I am going to pull out the
FT-817 and see how the SWR looks and try to dial it in.  I may even
put it on the 20' mast and see if I can make any Q's.

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