I've spent some time looking at some statistics of the Medium category for the SS Affiliated Club Competition. You do realise that the SECC took second place to the Southern California Contest Club,
Great post Bill - and timely. I read the mail on several other clubs' reflectors and they are busy with lots of traffic getting ready for SS. Here are a few ideas the more advanced planners are putti
That's what I'm hoping for as well. I've actually been listening a little on the bands trying to improve my CW copying for the upcoming season...after seeing how rusty I was back in the Sprint! Low P
My plan is to be ready to put up FT HP efforts in both CW and SSB for this year's SS with the idea of maximizing scores for the club competition. I am in the process of installing a tri-band antenna
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:06:26 -0400
I will be a "serious" FT LP for CW. I have the SO2R with the Dx Doubler all wired and ready to go. I have been testing that out the last few weekends... If I can get the RF out of my DX Doubler when
Bill, I intend to be on both SS weekends. I am trying to get some locals into contesting and may have a large, full time effort going. Since I have the Tri-bander up I can now run two radio's, etc. D
I would like very much to do SS this year. I think the last time I did it was some 20 years ago! The problem is my limitation on 20M. So here is the catch. I have everything ready to get the tower fo
This is a good strategy for unlimited category competition -- when the number of logs isn't constrained to 50. Indeed. The first 5-8 hours of SS can be extremely productive. Again, this is a good str
Here's my thoughts. I've gotten a sweep on LP phone about six or seven times now. Assisted could really help if you are just part-time - like 5-10 hours only. If you are going FT, you're going to get
Do these have to be worked against ground? You'll need to get the apex up 50 feet or more for the pattern to become effective. Ditto here. Or you might consider delta-loops. If you have high enough s
Author: k4sb at bellsouth.net (k4sb@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 03:36:18 +0000
Bill Coleman commented: 40s. The Delta Loops are good ideas, and with exception to my good friend Bill, the Apex on a pair of 40 loops is only about 40'. And you can vary the TO angle by rising and l
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:54:58 -0500
I went out back last night an did some measurements. I don't have enough room for a 40 meter bobtail so I am counting that out. About the highest I can get up into the trees is maybe 55 ft. I present
Jeff, Considering practical construction as well as radiation performance... 2-element wire beams are hard to beat. They are very forgiving on construction -- you'll get an honest 3 dB gain even if t
A half square is a relatively low gain antenna, at 50 feet about 3.6 dB max gain. The take-off angle is very low, about 18 degrees. Compare this to a dipole at the same height. At 18 degrees elevatio
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:49:03 -0400
Comparison: El Angle Half Square Dipole 2 Ele Vert 2 El Inv Vee 14% above 30 2.1 5.7 1.9 8.7 20 3.6 3.8 1.8 7.1 15 3.5 2 1 5.4 10 2.3 -1 -.5 2.4 == I knew a half square was a low angle antenna but I
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:48:49 -0400
Comparison: El Angle Half Square Dipole 2 Ele Vert 2 El Inv Vee 14% above 30 2.1 5.7 1.9 8.7 20 3.6 3.8 1.8 7.1 15 3.5 2 1 5.4 10 2.3 -1 -.5 2.4 == I knew a half square was a low angle antenna but I