"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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