[ARDF] fibreglass/kevlar yagis

[Kuon & Dale Hunt]

Adam wrote:

>As for Slovakia,
>I can honestly say no damage was sustained by our equipment either
>during transport (thanks Gyuri) or during the competition. (thanks Bob,
>and others) :)


   Adam -

       Very nicely worded!  Have you ever thought about going into
   politics?

       Previously you had described it this way:

   "...We went for dinner at 6pm, it was beef with a large dumpling
   in a nice sauce. My heart missed a few beats when after eating
   Bryan discovered we had left our 2M antennas back in Orfu. I
   quickly found Gyuri, several options were thrown around, the
   fastest would be to have them overnight freighted here, however
   even that may not arrive in time. We asked around and were luckily
   able to borrow enough antennas. Bob, Dick, and Larry all had spares
   that they kindly loaned us. The receivers were packed separately
   with our clothing..."


       Bruce explained it like this:

   "...Met many old friends from many countries. It was while we were
   having a post-dinner drink with Mauris from Belgium that the
   bombshell dropped....  we had left the two large tube containing
   out 2m antennas back in Hungary.
   Oh s^%$^%$t !
   Panic !
   It was going to cost a packet to get them couriered up, and they
   would probably not arrive in time anyway. After much questioning
   we have located some spare beams from the US team. Phew ! ..."


        And, in fact, this was my point:  you were in Slovakia
    and your antennas were in Hungary.  Having to carry a 1m long
    antenna element is a problem, since it won't fit in with the
    rest of one's belongings, and is therefor in greater danger
    of being left somewhere.  Unless I can at least break the
    elements in half (and still get them back together again!)
    this doesn't seem like a practical approach in the long run,
    at least for events that require air travel.  That doesn't
    mean that the fibreglass/kevlar isn't a good approach, just
    that some means of joining the elements should be part of
    the design process.

       For me that is one of the significant advantages of the
    tape measure yagi - they fold up quite small, especially if
    you don't glue the boom segments so they come apart also.
    I can put yagis for 2m and 121.5 along with my sniffer in
    a small attache' case just a bit larger than an A4/standard
    letter paper and less than 5cm/2" thick.


       (And my appologies for setting you up like that with the
     Slovakia reference.  I was just wondering if anyone would
     take the bait...)

          - Dale WB6BYU


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