K5GO and I spent a few hours working on the new 15 meter Yagi. It will be 10 elements on a 107' boom at 60' fixed on Europe. We have 9 of 10 elements on the booms and the next task will be getting the RF choke and feedline mounted on the boom, then we'll test it before it goes up. The antenna has over 14 dBi of gain across the entire 15 meter band with an SWR of less than 1.2: 1 across the entire band with over 30 dB of front to back. It should be a really good antenna!
We're hoping to get it up before the WPX CW contest. I'm planning on working the contest SOAB HP. It's been a while since I've done a single op contest and I'm looking forward to a tune up before WRTC.
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