[450] It's Bob's birthday today!!!!!!!!!

[William Knapp / WA1WK]

Happy birthday to your niece then too.
Optimally, they should be stacked side by side, but that's really a  
lot of work compared to stacking them one over the other. I'm running  
the M2 9element and I have another. Ive thought about stacking  
vertically too, but the single one seems to do just fine. If you're  
using them in vertical polarization, you're going to interaction with  
the mast. If horizontal, no problem.

The 736 is a really great rig. It's a little deaf, so I am using an  
18db preamp on 2m. The fact that it's a bit deaf isn't a bad thing. It  
makes it better with handling overload and far less subject to  
intermod. With you being in the city, I would imagine there's a ton of  
RF flying around. The only think I've noticed is that the internal  
power supply is a switching supply and it was generating some noise on  
my HF rigs, so I am now running it off my big Astron and no more noise.
Let me know when you get it. I'm pretty excited for you!

73,

Bill


Quoting David Garcia <wb2rxf at gmail.com>:

> Already wished him a happy b-day on Facebook, same day as my niece, today.
> I think we all miss his, charisma. Lets get things back together, I'm gonna
> order another M2-2m7 to stack, not side by side with the power divider at
> the end of the month. I'm might try it vertically 1st to talk briefly with
> my friend k2cd in pike county PA on the shahola repeater, if I can make it
> with 25watts. The 736R should be here by tuesday. Hope it fits on my shelf,
> yikes hehe. The amp will have to wait a little bit.
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 1:51 PM, William Knapp / WA1WK <wa1wk at wa1wk.com>
> wrote:
>
>> happy Birthday, Bob.
>>
>> I miss you and your snarky remarks.
>>
>>
>> With love,
>>
>> Me
>>
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