[VHFcontesting] Yagiphobia, Confusion and Infusion

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What effect did it have on me? I giggled. But, I can see where some people would have taken offense. - Buddy WB4OMG

On Sep 17, 2013, at 5:09:56 PM, "John Geiger" <af5cc at fidmail.com> wrote:

From:	"John Geiger" <af5cc at fidmail.com>
Subject:	Re: [VHFcontesting] Yagiphobia, Confusion and Infusion
Date:	September 17, 2013 5:09:56 PM EDT
To:	BEAMAR at aol.com, vhfcontesting at contesting.com
So what effect did it have on you? Today we hear that if we talked to a new 
ham that way, it would make them give up the hobby, so we aren't allowed to 
correct any misconceptions.

73 John AF5CC

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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Yagiphobia, Confusion and Infusion


>I have to tell everybody about my first 432 contact.This was in 1995. I
> had purchased a FT 736. I did not have a 432 antenna. I ordered a M2 yagi 
> and
> was told that it would be a week or two before it arrived. I also ordered
> heliax. The heliax arrived and I installed it on the tower and ran it 
> into
> the hamshack. I built a 432 dipole and stuck it out the top of the heliax.
> I got on 432.1 and called CQ.
>
> I was answered by a station about 100 miles south of me. "You can't call 
> CQ
> on this band and expect to have anyone answer you. You have to make
> arrangements on 2M and QSY to 432." OK. I replied, "Name here is Buddy, 
> QTH is
> Treasure Island, FL, rig is a FT 736 and the antenna is a dipole at 30
> feet." He comes back to me, "A dipole? You can't talk to anybody on a 
> dipole,
> on this band. You need a yagi to make contacts." OK.
>
> I suspect others have had similar experiences to Tim and myself.
>
> Buddy WB4OMG
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/17/2013 11:17:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> aduhawk at comcast.net writes:
>
> I bought a used IC-211, and a 4 element beam. I had some old RG8U. I 
> got
> the antenna up about 35 feet. It was 1983. Within an hour I was told
> that my radio was garbage (nobody thougth that my IC 720 was garbage) my 
> beam
> was too small (4 element monobanders are monsters on HF) and that I 
> needed
> to get 1/2" hardline.
>
> Not very welcoming. Here's an aside. In July I saw WB0TEM at the CSVHF
> Conference. I related to him that he was my first Aurora contact. That 
> QSO
> was made with the above mentioned equipment.
>
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