[VHFcontesting] Field day antenna?

Floyd Rodgers kc5qbc at swbell.net
Tue May 27 12:36:10 EDT 2014


Typical setup was 3 element 6m yagi at 25', 12 element yagi on 2m & 432. Looking for easier setup without rotor without too much performance loss. 

Floyd KC5QBC

> On May 26, 2014, at 8:27 PM, "Mike (KA5CVH) Urich" <mike at ka5cvh.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Floyd Rodgers <kc5qbc at swbell.net> wrote:
>> Looking for input on a 6m/2m/70cm field day antenna setup that does not
>> require a rotor. Suggestions?
> 
> Mike wrote
> 
> One, Two or Three separate antennas?  A vertical on 50MHz won't matter
> much.  I have a Diamond DPGH62 <now a CP62> that has nice performance
> only 15' or so off the ground. You can also use any number of loops
> like the KB6KQ, M2 and others. You can also see if you can round up
> enough loops for 144 & 432 and stack them to get some gain.
> 
> -- 
> Mike Urich KA5CVH
> http://ka5cvh.com
> 
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