2 Element Yagi for Remote DX

[BJ radionut]

Oh and you should address your #2 above. You have some pretty bad ASSUMPTIONS about hams in general. 99 % are are not like that just like not all CBers are like you. Some are pretty decent.

Your right CK...He's the pot calling the kettle black...
The very people trying to help are mostly Hams....And He's taking shots at US...
I am putting my first person on the ignore list
Gary

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Your right CK...He's the pot calling the kettle black...
The very people trying to help are mostly Hams....And He's taking shots at US...
I am putting my first person on the ignore list
Gary

He may have fired the first shot but I am locked and loaded with a whole stockpile of ammo sitting right here beside me.

 

[hobie102]

meant to add that if anyone is considering a beam, (new to me this past spring) don't forget to use a site like this: http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html
to get your QTH gridsquare #'s so you know where to aim the beam for where you want to transmit to. I use this and write the #'s down on a post-it to bring with me. Carry a small orienteering compass with me to help align the beam. In the location I go to it's very disorienting. Thinking your looking west when actually north. The road snakes it's way into an old abandoned ski area.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

And don't forget to correct for the difference between magnetic north which a compass reads and true north which antenna headings are referenced too. In some places it is not very different but in othef areas it can be a lot. Here the difference is 19 degrees. After you have been doing it a while, if you have a decent sense of geography, you won't even have to look up headings to know which direction to point the antenna.

 

[hobie102]

What a thrashing on the mountain this afternoon. 45 mph gusts at least. Think I've figured out how to stabilize it in high winds using a gin pole(being a sailor I'm very familiar with that)off the back with 3 other guide lines. 2 to the sides(ends of bumper) and one to the front of the cap. Hit SF CA but antenna was swinging elliptically 15 to 20 degrees. Promptly un-stepped the mast before it snapped off coming crashing down on the truck. NOT COOL!

It will add some time to the setup but worth the added insurance policy. Up high this time of year it's usually blowing at a stiff gale. Will post some pictures when done. Work on it tomorrow a.m.