[Rover] N9RLA/R Rover expedition a bust.

[Jacob Tennant]

Go for it on the Cheap Yagi's but like you advised me use the welding rods
as they make the project a snap!

Check out my web page for the Quadzilla project as it is workinf out to be a
usable quad for a rover as the spreaders are just U-bolted to the boom so as
to make it a break-down model with little setup time after you premark the
boom....

Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike KA5CVH Urich" <ka5cvh@ka5cvh.com>
To: <rover@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Rover] N9RLA/R Rover expedition a bust.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Evans, N9RLA" <n9rla@yahoo.com>
>
>
> > Due to numerous equipment failures, I've decided to throw in the towel
> this
> > time out. I may try to make a few 2m contacts from home, but the Rover
> trip
> > is finished.
>
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Don't feel like the lone ranger here.  Chase and I wound up having to work
> Friday night @ the HS supervising a bunch of teenagers running concessions
> stands for the JROTC booster club.  We had an orienteering competition I
had
> agreed to work Sat morning that turned into a full day event.  I didn't
have
> time earlier in the week to get the car or antenna's prep'd during the
week
> (work) so at 9 PM last night Chase and I decided we'd look at the dx
> forecasts and how things may be running on the clusters and decided
instead
> of heading out last night we'd wait until this AM and see how we felt ...
> (he was tired too).  At 5:30 this AM I made an executive decision to just
> throw in the towel for this contest, my old tired body just wan't going to
> do one more thing.
>
> I was going to use my FT-100 so the rig wasn't the problem but trying to
get
> the SWR down on my "brand new for the contest" portable yagi's was a
killer
> ... never did get it down much below 2:1 on 144 or 430.  I think's I'm
going
> to go the route of Jacob, K8JWT, and build me a WA5VJB "cheap yagi" for
each
> band.  My search for a used cargo van for a "permanent rover set up" is
now
> kicking into high gear.  I can't afford to keep the loops on the vehicle
all
> the time because the nature of my need of the car the rest of the time.
>
> Mike Urich,   KA5CVH
> www.ka5cvh.com
> LaPorte TX   EL-29
>
> If you receive an email saying,
> "Forward this to everyone you know"
> Pretend, you don't know me.
>
>
>
>
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