[AK-VHF] 5-element 6m yagi now monitoring 50.313

Ed Cole kl7uw at acsalaska.net
Tue Jul 25 23:28:18 EDT 2023


Have resurrected one of my 6m LFA yagis from the eme array that crashed 
last August.

I was able to add a fifth element to the rear half of the original 
7-element LFA yagi.  Now its a 17-foot boom vs the original 32-foot antenna.

SWR is excellent with antenna pointed az=130 degrees band noise is s3 vs 
S6/7 I see with my 3-element yagi pointed NE (toward Anchorage).

Antenna is side-bolted to a 9-foot tower, temporarily until the old 
Rohn-45 tower can be re-installed at the end of the new hamshack with 
two stacked 5-element yagis on azimuth rotator.

50w displayed by Bird43 power meter on 50.313 FT8.

73, Ed - KL7UW


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