not to thread on your enthusiasm, and I'm sure you know this, but the reason
why he (or anyone for that matter) is above the rest of the stations isn't
the antenna - or at least its just a factor in the overall scheme of things
... propagation is a key factor as is location, location location.
Before I recently moved to South Carolina I used HFTA extensively to vet
every home we were looking at .... in 6 months found zero that met all our
criteria - so instead I found 11+ acres that was great re HFTA (and ok for
most other things) and bought it - built a house and am now assembling a
station ... angle is the most important factor (assuming propagation is
there - or compared to another station nearby) in that it can make an
average antenna - even a dipole - out perform a large array ... HFTA will
tell you this and I personally know - when I was in Arizona Dave, AB7E, was
on the side of a mountain with a gentle slope towards EU out for miles -
when modeled his location equipped with a dipole at 40' would outperform my
3/3/3 on 20 meters - towards EU .... and I'd hear VK's 20 over that he
couldn't tell were there!
I only write this because it appears you're suggesting that it is this
antenna that makes all these stations above the pack. Generally speaking the
difference between an average 3 element beam on a compromised boom (length)
and a monobander is only 2 or 3 db...
Gary
K9RX
-----Original Message-----
From: PAUL924@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 4:17 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Something new in the air...
Hi Guys,
I recently had a QSO with Amir 4X6TT and even during these poor
propagation conditions he was 59+ 20db on 20 meters. I asked him what type
of antenna
he was using and he said a GPX 16-3 which I had never heard of before. I
located the website _www.gpxantennas.com_ (http://www.gpxantennas.com/) .
owner SP7GPX. After I signed with him several other stateside stations using
antennas from this site called him and they were also very loud.
I wanted share this information with those members of TowerTalk who may
not be familiar with these antennas.
73,
Paul W2JGQ
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