Hi Marshall,
Yeah, I would love to have an amp. But, it's just not in the budget.
Actually, homebrewing amps is one of those "sub-hobbies" I would like to
pursue someday when I have more time to play.
I have small bricks for 2 and 432, but, we managed to get the power cords
crossed at field day and killed them both :( They are on the "to be repaired"
shelf. I hope to get time to dig into them eventually.
Currently, I am slowly rebuilding the home station after a couple of years of
inactivity. When I get the home station in reasonable shape, I hope to get
back into Roving.
73
Dan
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> From: Marshall-K5QE <k5qe@k5qe.com>
>To: Dan Evans <k9zf@yahoo.com>
>Cc: Paul Kiesel <k7cw@yahoo.com>; vhf contesting
><vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 5:09 PM
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Yagi vs Moxon
>
>
>
>Hello to everyone.....Having just returned from EL84, I can highly recommend
>that last choice. We had a 6M5XHP and a 6M7JHV up on the boat....they were
>about 20ft apart. The 6M7JHV was very noticeably quieter than the 5el. We
>made most all of our contacts with the 7el. I asked Matt at M2 if there could
>be any reason for this, but he did not have a definitive answer. Remember we
>were miles and miles away from any other human activity, so the noise we heard
>was 1)natural or 2)on the boat with us. I think that it was natural.....
>
>We used an M2 6M1K2 amp for the entire trip except for the EME
contacts.....there we used a Lunar-Link LA-62 with a DEMI preamp.
I think that many rovers and some fixed stations just don't
appreciate what having some power will do for your logs. KW amps
are easy these days, so there is not much reason to be running
around with 100W or 50W.
>
>We used an M2 6M-1000 amp at DL88(unfortunately, only for a short
time) and ran it off 4 large 13.6V batteries in series. We got
700W output--hour after hour. IF you worked up a circuit to
charge those batteries when you were not transmitting, you could
run 700-900W fairly easily.
>
>73 Marshall K5QE
>
>
>
>On 7/17/2013 9:29 PM, Dan Evans wrote:
>
>You have a good point Paul. Roving is often about compromises:-) It usually
>comes down to your style of Roving. Some guys like to do it on the run making
>many short range QSO's on the move. For this, a loop or dipole may be enough.
>Others, like I used to do, only activate a few grids, but try to make as many
>QSO's as possible from each grid. Often at long ranges, so some extra punch
>is a big help. Over the years I tried a lot of different 6m antennas. A simple
>dipole: It works. Don't expect much range direct, and you won't break any
>pileups during openings, but it works. Square copper loop: Pretty much on par
>with the dipole. Mine worked reasonably well, but was touchy about being
>close to other antennas. 3 elements yagis: I used several different ones.
> They work great and help add a lot of punch, but are a pain to handle.
>Moxons: I've used a couple of home brew moxons, and now have the Par moxon.
> The performance is nearly as
good as the 3 element yagi. Much better than a simple dipole. And, the
lighter weight and smaller foot print make it a lot easier to handle. But hey,
if had the time and ability, I would take a 6M7 and a kilowatt... :-) 73 &
hope to hear everyone on in the CQ-VHF this weekend!
Dan
>
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