[SixClub] Question on Amplifier

[Larry Brown]

Dave I'd like to see the design for that one. I've always thought an Avanti PDL II  or "moonraker" CB antenna cut down for 6 would be a neat antenna.

Larry
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On Feb 16, 2011, at 4:30 PM, Dave Walton wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>   At present I am not sure an Amp would'nt be more trouble than help here.
> I am using a Yaesu - FT 950 at 100 watts on Six Meters into an Arrow
> Antennas 4 element Yagi on a roof top TV Antenna Tripod & Radio Shack light
> duty Rotor setup. So far during band openings I've contacted the vast
> majority of stations I've heard, with only a few that could not hear me.
>   I feel at present an Amplifier would only make me heard beyond my own
> ability to hear. During Contests many locals with 6 or more element beams
> hear lots of stations I do not hear. Right now I think I'd be better off,
> and $$$ ahead to build a far bigger antenna. Currently I plan to build a 7
> element dual polarity Cubical Quad fed with two switchable coaxs on a 20'
> boom that will be up about the 50' level on it's own tower. Just my two
> cents.
> 
> Yours in the Hobby,
> 
> Dave Walton - W7CAR
> Rainier, Oregon - Grid LOC CN86mb
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