[VHFcontesting] Portable 50 MHz beam antennas

[Mark Spencer]

Thanks.

I suppose if you had the room and suitable supports a rhombic antenna might also be an option.  I've also read some accounts of people making long distance contacts using long wire antennas on 50 MHz.   

I'm inclined to use with the yagis that I am familiar with (:  but I did briefly consider using a rhombic.   A few years ago a friend and I briefly tried out an end fed long wire antenna on 50 MHz and it didn't seem to work very well (it did work well on HF.) (We were basically spending a Saturday afternoon listening to static on our yagi antennas during a visit to a remote grid during a contest and had nothing better to do with our time (:  )

73
Mark S
VE7AFZ

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Feb 16, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If you have the support there's also the option of constructing a rope
> yagi. Here's one large example:
> 
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Antenna%20Book%20Supplemental%20Files/23rd%20Edition/Archibald%20VE1FA%20-%20Ultra%20Light%20Yagi%20-%20March%202016%20TCA.pdf
> 
> Hope this helps - jeff wk6i
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:12 AM, RT Clay <rt_clay at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>> It depends on what your site is like but another option to get some height
>> is to hang a 50 MHz yagi from a tree. See photo here for an example:
>> 
>> http://www.arrl.org/soapbox/view/8930
>> 
>> Tor
>> N4OGW
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