The Finnish group who spent 3 months and lots of money
building a superstation on Curacao used an H frame on 10 M.
They came in second to PJ9B who creamed them on 10M
using a pair of stacked Cushcraft 4L Yagi's.
Was it the operators? Or the narrow pattern from the H frame
that cut down on their 10 M contact total?
Check your pattern width against the spread for Europe and
North America. If your pattern is smaller than the target areas,
an H frame could hurt your score more than help.
de Tom N4KG
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