[ARDF] One difference between 2m and 80m courses...

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:28:49PM -0400, Matthew Robbins wrote:

> [Ken and Jen: Do you have a photo of Jen's Yagi after Ft Ancient?]

No, I failed to take a photo of that.  I was kind of brain-dead after the 
two meter course - I was doing well to chew my lunch.  I could screw it 
back together and photograph it, I suppose.

My yagi (same design - the Arrow Antenna 146-3) also suffered a lot on-course.
In my case, it held up to all the vegetation without problem, even though 
I wasn't being exactly gentle with it.  It got bent/damaged when I fell and
landed on it.

In thinking about things after the meet, I don't think those antennas were
good choices, not just from a mechnical standpoint.  They are optimized
for forward gain, not for pattern.

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