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Re: [CQ-Contest] If you could only have one simple antenna...?

To: Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>, cq-contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] If you could only have one simple antenna...?
From: Trent Sampson <vk4ts@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:56:53 +1000
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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 not a bad option if there is room for Radials 

Regards
TrentVK4TS PO Box 275 Mooloolaba 4557 0408497550


> To: CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM
> From: n4zr@contesting.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:03:23 -0400
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] If you could only have one simple antenna...?
> 
> 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 have other 
> constraintswhich will pretty much limit me to one antenna, and probably 
> to wires. I'd still like to play in Sweepstakes and dabble in DX 
> contests. Given the state of the sunspot cycle, a lot of that is likely 
> to be on the lower bands.
> 
> So, if you were in my shoes, what would you put up?
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
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