Bill is absolutely correct. I meant VE3BFM and not VE3BQN! I guess I had Ted
on my mind because of his recent passing. Sorry!
73 Gene W3ZZ
World Above 50 MHz
FM19jd MD
50 => 10 GHz
Grid Pirates Contest Group K8GP
Member, CQWW Contest Advisory Group
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Burgess [mailto:ve3cru@rac.ca]
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 1:56 PM
To: vhfcontesting@contesting.com
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Correction re credits of beam designers
Gene Zimmerman mentioned several well known beam designers. However, one is
in error. Ted Sparrow VE3BQN, who became a Silent Key a week ago, was a
ham-dentist, never designing beams. The person deserving this credit is Bob
Morton VE3BFM whose stretched 4 elmt 6 meter beams I now have. Last year's
CQ WW VHF Rover World was won by me, using a single 'BFM 4E6 beam 12 feet up
on my Rovermobile. Points: 79,002. No 2 meters taken.
For those in disbelief over what rovers can put on the roof, I run in all
vhf and up contests with this beam at the top of the mast at 12 feet, from
the time I leave home till I return home, and run full highway speeds too.
Fuel economy: Don't ask, not included in any Rover Handbook! : - )
Bridges, never a problem. Trees, many problems. PLAN YOUR ROUTE WISELY!
Bill VE3CRU/R
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