The subject says it all. I was wondering what the experience of those of you
who have contested from the Caribbean is. Assuming running full 1500W power, is
a beam really required? Is it more important to hear well than to be heard (my
assumption)?
So, here's the big picture- we have a vacation rental property on HR9 and I'd
like to make it available to hams/contesters as well. On the flip side, I am
very concerned about the appearance of towers, beams, etc.
>From HR9, I really need to directions- 330 for NA and 30 for EU. I can do them
>easily with two OCF dipoles. The dipoles will be about 30' up, the property is
>on a hill and the elevation drops by about 20' about 30 yards from the house
>and a total of 130' about 500 yards from the house. Further, I plan on
>building full size verticals for 40 and 80 and some sort of a full size
>sloping vertical for 160. 4SQ RX plus beverages in the two directions I
>mentioned already.
Is this setup enough for competitive SOAB effort/score? Do I need to include a
tower, rotator, and a beam? The maintenance of anything in the Caribbean scares
the heck out of me.
Rudy N2WQ
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