[Antennas] Lightning Bolt Quads

Brian Carling [email protected]
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:07:30 -0400


Hi guys - does anyone have experience with quads at VHF?

I am thinking of getting a Lightning Bolt 62MQ-4
It has 2 elements on 6m and 4 on 2m. Seems to make for a nice 
compact directional array while taking only modest space. I wanted something I 
can put on a long mast on the back of my house 
using house brackets to brace the top of the mast against the eaves,
while sinking a hinged base mast at the ground so I can tilt it over
for working on it at ground level when I need to add things etc.
Two story house, so it will sit up at about 24-25 feet high.

It should work fine with the small Channel Master 
rotator that I have here.  Does anyone have experience
running SSB / CW / AM with these modest VHF arrays?

Best regards - AF4K