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Never said it works better! Did I? It is an option and has worked for me and others in diff' situations. Just a plane old fact whether you like it or not.

Here's a little tidbit for ya. I was on the mountain this afternoon. Stepped the mast with the antenna on it. had the compass in hand and set the azimuth on the yagi for where I wanted to go. (I made a mast out of 2 10 ft 2x4's that step on the trailer hitch, just walking it up, about 23 feet above ground including the added extension allowing it to rotate). I sat in the truck wondering why the propagation was so bad. No contacts made for about 45 minutes. Very low signals coming in. I plugged in the swr meter and checked the ant'. Perfect. Sat for a few more minutes. Nothing! I looked up thru the sunroof to make sure the antenna was ok. I noticed the coax was going in the wrong direction and the yagi was facing east not west. When I had stepped the mast the antenna rotated perfect 180 degrees. Lowered the mast and tied a rope to the boom. Restepped and aligned the antenna (tensioning screws didn't hold allowing it to turn). Bang! In the game to OR CA and everywhere in between. Real world experience folks. Don't believe everything you read! Paper and the like are great starting points but there are a lot of ideas out there that really do work. F toB is excellent as well as gain. No problem on 15-20 watts. Even with the 2x4 mast assembly,(3 bots with wing nuts) it's flying in under 2 minutes. Yes, not perfect and certainly not pretty from a hack like me. But, it gets me west with no problem and stations have been consistently telling me they can' believe I'm mobile. Cheers! Another successful antenna project.

I wanted to add I won't be reconfiguring to a moxon. The setup is so easy right now and so effective I can't justify the added time in setting up a collapsible moxon. pob' would just put together a quad instead.

<blockquote data-quote="hobie102" data-source="post: 502601" data-attributes="member: 40450">Never said it works better! Did I? It is an option and has worked for me and others in diff&#039; situations. Just a plane old fact whether you like it or not.Here&#039;s a little tidbit for ya. I was on the mountain this afternoon. Stepped the mast with the antenna on it. had the compass in hand and set the azimuth on the yagi for where I wanted to go. (I made a mast out of 2 10 ft 2x4&#039;s that step on the trailer hitch, just walking it up, about 23 feet above ground including the added extension allowing it to rotate). I sat in the truck wondering why the propagation was so bad. No contacts made for about 45 minutes. Very low signals coming in. I plugged in the swr meter and checked the ant&#039;. Perfect. Sat for a few more minutes. Nothing! I looked up thru the sunroof to make sure the antenna was ok. I noticed the coax was going in the wrong direction and the yagi was facing east not west. When I had stepped the mast the antenna rotated perfect 180 degrees. Lowered the mast and tied a rope to the boom. Restepped and aligned the antenna (tensioning screws didn&#039;t hold allowing it to turn). Bang! In the game to OR CA and everywhere in between. Real world experience folks. Don&#039;t believe everything you read! Paper and the like are great starting points but there are a lot of ideas out there that really do work. F toB is excellent as well as gain. No problem on 15-20 watts. Even with the 2x4 mast assembly,(3 bots with wing nuts)&nbsp; it&#039;s flying in under 2 minutes. Yes, not perfect and certainly not pretty from a hack like me. But, it gets me west with no problem and stations have been consistently telling me they can&#039; believe I&#039;m mobile. Cheers! Another successful antenna project.I wanted to add I won&#039;t be reconfiguring to a moxon. The setup is so easy right now and so effective I can&#039;t justify the added time in setting up a collapsible moxon. pob&#039; would just put together a quad instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hobie102, post: 502601, member: 40450"] Never said it works better! Did I? It is an option and has worked for me and others in diff' situations. Just a plane old fact whether you like it or not. Here's a little tidbit for ya. I was on the mountain this afternoon. Stepped the mast with the antenna on it. had the compass in hand and set the azimuth on the yagi for where I wanted to go. (I made a mast out of 2 10 ft 2x4's that step on the trailer hitch, just walking it up, about 23 feet above ground including the added extension allowing it to rotate). I sat in the truck wondering why the propagation was so bad. No contacts made for about 45 minutes. Very low signals coming in. I plugged in the swr meter and checked the ant'. Perfect. Sat for a few more minutes. Nothing! I looked up thru the sunroof to make sure the antenna was ok. I noticed the coax was going in the wrong direction and the yagi was facing east not west. When I had stepped the mast the antenna rotated perfect 180 degrees. Lowered the mast and tied a rope to the boom. Restepped and aligned the antenna (tensioning screws didn't hold allowing it to turn). Bang! In the game to OR CA and everywhere in between. Real world experience folks. Don't believe everything you read! Paper and the like are great starting points but there are a lot of ideas out there that really do work. F toB is excellent as well as gain. No problem on 15-20 watts. Even with the 2x4 mast assembly,(3 bots with wing nuts) it's flying in under 2 minutes. Yes, not perfect and certainly not pretty from a hack like me. But, it gets me west with no problem and stations have been consistently telling me they can' believe I'm mobile. Cheers! Another successful antenna project. I wanted to add I won't be reconfiguring to a moxon. The setup is so easy right now and so effective I can't justify the added time in setting up a collapsible moxon. pob' would just put together a quad instead. [/QUOTE]

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