Nice job. Rule of thumb with yagis is *about* 3 db per element over a dipole, up to a point where extra directors have less effect on overall gain. Those claiming 8db gain would use the theoretical isotropic radiator as a reference. Your ERP was therefore about 40 watts.
We put up the same antenna and had the same results running 5-watts in the ARRL 10m 'test. Of course we were sitting on a 9000' mountain. None the less a good antenna and some great propagation goes a long ways making ham radio really FUN!
@goathiker Yup! In late October, I had a s5-s7 qso with Wyoming, running one watt or less on both ends (0% power on my ICOM 7000) with the buddi-yagi, it lasted for 4 minutes. Is it weird I found that so thrilling??
@kd6kvl Thanks, apologies... I corrected myself in the text when I posted this. I need to learn how to put up those "oops" text bubbles. It was pretty cool DX, I had heard them the day before, same set up, and couldn't get in. I tuned to the same freq the day I made the vid, and I caught them right when they started. I'll take good luck every time.
Nice job. Rule of thumb with yagis is *about* 3 db per element over a dipole, up to a point where extra directors have less effect on overall gain. Those claiming 8db gain would use the theoretical isotropic radiator as a reference. Your ERP was therefore about 40 watts.
G0IFI 2 months ago
We put up the same antenna and had the same results running 5-watts in the ARRL 10m 'test. Of course we were sitting on a 9000' mountain. None the less a good antenna and some great propagation goes a long ways making ham radio really FUN!
goathiker 2 months ago
@goathiker Yup! In late October, I had a s5-s7 qso with Wyoming, running one watt or less on both ends (0% power on my ICOM 7000) with the buddi-yagi, it lasted for 4 minutes. Is it weird I found that so thrilling??
kd8opi 2 months ago
T32C is Christmas Island in the Pacific, East Kiribati.
Still good DX from Dayton!
73,
KG6N
kd6kvl 3 months ago
@kd6kvl Thanks, apologies... I corrected myself in the text when I posted this. I need to learn how to put up those "oops" text bubbles. It was pretty cool DX, I had heard them the day before, same set up, and couldn't get in. I tuned to the same freq the day I made the vid, and I caught them right when they started. I'll take good luck every time.
kd8opi 2 months ago
Cool vid. I have the Buddipole too but not as a yagi. I use a IC-7000 also for my portable ops. This is too much fun! Keep the videos coming!
ve3cnu 4 months ago
the budipole on the form of a 2 element yagui it´s great...
Nice qso...
73
VictoreCelia 4 months ago