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Re: [TowerTalk] "Small pistol" contesting station- how manytribandersand

To: "Rudy Bakalov" <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] "Small pistol" contesting station- how manytribandersand how high?
From: "Mike K9MI" <mike@k9mi.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:44:29 -0000
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"Small Pistol" stacking antennas on a 100ft tower? I guess compared to a lot 
of stations, that is Rudy. I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder.

With a TH3 at 40ft, I guess that leaves me as a "Small Pistol Extreme" ? 
:-)

Good luck with your project Rudy...

73, Mike K9MI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rudy Bakalov" <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 17:57
Subject: [TowerTalk] "Small pistol" contesting station- how many 
tribandersand how high?


>I am planning my "small pistol" contesting station that I will build next 
>year.  After reading tons of books and articles on antennas, I believe I do 
>want to stack tribanders to cover for the most likely angles of arriving 
>signals.
>
>  I have some very specific questions, though:
>
>  1. Assuming flat terrain, do I have to run HFTA analysis or there are 
> some "generic" rules of thumb I can use for stacking- say 60/90 or 70/100? 
> I plan on having a single 90' tower.
>
>  2. Do I need to calculate arriving angles for my specific location (45N, 
> 79W) or can use existing data?
>
>  3. Assuming buying stacking gizmos from Array Solutions to make my life 
> easier, do you anticipate any problems due to stacking different antennas- 
> C31XR on the top and 4el SteppIR at the bottom (will take care of 80 and 
> 40 m by using phased dual-band verticals)?
>
>  Your thoughts and experience will be very much appreciated.
>
>  73 de Rudy N2WQ
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