That maybe true in some of the contests. Yuri did mostly single band 15
Meter entries as I recall and he was beaten out here by a young fellow using
a TH6 @ 60 feet as well as by K7ZZ operating at VE7WJ.
I seem to remember most of Yuri's title's were Canadian and not World.
73 Earl VE7IN
>I can only speak from seeing the results of the K3BU(VE3BMV) Razor beams.
>Yuri blew away the competition
>on the single band he selected to compete in the CQ WW 20 years ago. The
>razor beam is a Quagi on a long boom.
>Yuri put these up special for the contest. I can attest to the problems
>involved as in 1970 CQ WPX SSB I used a 7 el 10 meter beam
>from the first issue of Ham radio magazine. With the beam at 70' I was the
>only stateside signal into Northern EU for hours on end
>(quoting SM5BLA). I put the beam up just for the contest...and its work
>especially if doing alone as Yuri did.
>
>I'll bet his razor beams (Quagi) had outstanding gain for the boom length.
>
>73 Dave K4JRB
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