I'm a fairly serious but second-tier contester who's getting old, and we have just moved to Baltimore County, MD for family medical reasons. Tower and antenna rules here are pretty reasonable, but I
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 02:48:49 +0000 (UTC)
Hi Pete, It's great that you do want to stay active despite your constraints. How about a fan verticals? That is, verticals for various bands that share a common base, a balun, and radial system? As
Hi Pete. Like any antenna installation thought my first question is " What do you want to do ? " You answered SS and DX Welllllllll that like two ends of a spectrum... for limited installation DX is
Hi Peter, Double extended Zepp has a lot going for it if you have space with tuned feeder - Nothing wrong with inverted V antenna but height is might regardless of what it is... Hy Gains Hy Tower is
So, if you were in my shoes, what would you put up? Be a guest operator in a station that doesn't get enough use. Or operate remote. You're a member of a great contest club. I'll bet they would be ha
Author: alannottage--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:07:44 -0400
There you go, Pete. Sweeps at home and CQWW in a 'club' chair! Al G0XBV --Original Message-- From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> To: cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com> Sent: Mon, 22 Aug
SteppIR 3 el yagi at 60 ft. Inverted V dipoles. Charly -- Charly, HS0ZCW _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/
More experienced people than I have chimed in, but FWIW, if your circumstances dictate one wire antenna, I'd consider a fan dipole if contesting were your focus, or either a Carolina Windom or a clas
I love loops, As large as possible fed with open line. Run it around the perimeter of the property. Decent Gain, and a nice quiet antenna too. Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme
See my Feb 2014 QST Hands-On Radio column about the Extended Double Zepp. It will work as an EDZ on 20 and 15 for sure and can be loaded up on 80-10 with a tuner, maybe 160 as well. To broaden the pa