On 5/15/2013 5:06 PM, Justin Wilson wrote: > My partner Steve Narducci will be setup with his qtenna stuff. He does > quads or something (not 100% sure what it is). http://www.qtenna.com >
Wow, cubical quad antennas! You don't see too many of them any more. Way back in my youth, when I was first getting onto the HF bands (mid to late 1960s), quads were very popular. They worked pretty well. But within a decade or so, they were a rarity. The problem was wind and weather; they didn't last long. Yagis were more rugged. Steve's spider-hub quad design might be more rugged than the box-kite style of the past, though, which could make it practical. The same wind load and weather problems apply to WISP antennas, of course, but on a much smaller (physical) scale. The only time I went to Dayton was in 1976, when I worked the 73 Magazine booth and drove Wayne's new little overloaded half-ton Mazda pickup truck from Peterborough to Dayton. That was a trip. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ralph <[email protected]> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:49 AM > To: 'WISPA General List' <[email protected]> > Subject: [WISPA] Dayton Hamvention- any other WISPs going? > >> Well it is that time again... >> >> Dayton Hamvention 2013. >> Since many fellow WISPS are also Hams, or they like to go to our events, I >> thought I would make my yearly posting. >> >> This year, about 30,000 Ham Radio operators from around the World will >> converge on the Hara Arena in Dayton Ohio. Among all the regular things >> you >> might expect is the famous Fleamarket/Boneyard. There will be thousands >> of >> outside exhibitors there with all sorts of things related to radio and >> wireless. >> >> My Ham groups (Big Shanty Repeater Group and Atlanta Amateur Television) >> will again be in spaces 3829,3830,3831,3832. We also take all the surplus >> gear from our WISP and make it available as well. >> This year we will have lots of Ubiquiti (pre-M series), some Canopy, some >> Ligowave/Deliberant and of course the Pepwave Surf 200s, which are very >> popular. >> >> If you are planning to attend, please stop by and meet us/talk shop. I >> will be there Thursday afternoon (not open to public) as well as Friday >> and >> Saturday all day. If you are going, please drop me an Email. >> >> For Hamvention details: http://hamvention.org >> >> >> Ralph >> Brightlan.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- Fred R. Goldstein fred "at" interisle.net Interisle Consulting Group +1 617 795 2701 _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
