[Rover] N2MH Rover Report for June VHF Contest

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:22:34 -0400 (EDT)

The key thing to making them work right is to make sure that they are
resonant at the frequency of interest. If you're off resonance, they won't
work at all no matter how good/bad your match is.

73, Mark, N2MH

> Rick R wrote:
>>
>> Nice report Mark--amazes me time and time again how a halo on 6m gets
>> out with modest power, especially when the "magic" is in on the band.
>
> In fact...I ran a halo from home this time around...and found it to hear
> as well as my 3-element beam at the same height.  The difference was about
> a half S-unit on transmit.  My 100 watts couldn't be heard as easily.
> Next time, I'll double the height of the halo, stack a second one, and run
> 1200 watts.
>
> Unlike the higher bands, I think a halo is an excellent antenna for 6
> meters.  YMMV.
>
> Ev, W2EV
>
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