[50mhz] 1st 6m Contact

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

At 04:08 AM 10/23/2003, JJ wrote:
>I have a moxon rectangle built that I plan to use...maybe even modify by
>adding a couple of directors to make it into a yagi.
>That can make it into a short 3 or 4 element yagi.  My plan is to build a
>2m/6m quad.  Just need the time and my tower and a rotator. 

hi - put your moxon on a 20 foot (or higher) mast - use a cheap TV rotator 
(like the radio shack model) to turn it, or just turn it by hand until you 
can get a rotator.

Many of my logged grids and quite a few of my DX contacts were made with a 
3-element yagi on a 20 foot mast (made of two 10-foot RS poles) U-bolted to 
a post supporting a patio roof, turned by hand.

With my rig on the 2nd floot it was quite entertaining I'm sure to see me 
running up and down stairs to turn the antenna - but I was on the air making 
some great contacts!

GL gud DX es 73 - jeff wk6i


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