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Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest QTH

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest QTH
From: Bill Tippett <btippett@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 16:51:10 -0400
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        While salt water is definitely good for verticals, but it doesn't 
help horizontally polarized antennas like Yagis.  For the low bands 
(160/80) where construction of large Yagis is a mechanical challenge, 
a 4SQ is hard to beat.  However for the higher bands, it's difficult 
for a vertical array's gain to compete with the ground gain and 
stacking gain of a Yagi stack.  An ideal solution might be a 
combination of both (4SQs for 80/160 and Yagi stacks for 40-10).

73,  Bill  W4ZV

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