Author: "Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 09:53:40 -0400
If you had to choose between a 600' hilltop or an oceanfront QTH in VE9, VE1 which would it be?--6m thru 160m. Sure, 600' doesn't sound like a lot, but most of the land around these parts is from 30'
Given the constraint of simple antennas, no big towers, I'd go with the hilltop (and carefully model with HFTA - too high an effective height is bad, too). Barry W2UP Sure, 600' doesn't sound like a
Author: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 17:25:30 +0000 (UTC)
You may want to run some analysis to make an educated tradeoff, based on specific location and antennas in mind. My rural VE3 QTH is 1200' ASL and antennas do perform differently than expected- the 9
Mike, You've already achieved 20 db over most of us to the south of you by being in VE9 land but if you want a better location and are unable to erect even a 40' tower for a beam, I vote for the 600'
The first test should be for horizon obstructions. Using Radio Mobile by VE2DBE and 1 arc-second SRTM maps determine the visual horizon as seen from the antenna position. An excellent QTH will have h
Hi Mike, Given those constraints - go the hilltop - a forty foot tower with a tribander will play quite hard - in fact if the drop off is favourable even a 40M yagi can work at that height -again ref
Hi Mike, Ocean front locations are very difficult to deal with, especially at higher latitudes where the difference between high and low tides can be extreme. Much better are large salt marsh sites s
Go with the hilltop. The oceanfront is great if you have unobstructed low angle in a few favored directions. But oceanfront with low angles cut off is not a good compromise. Spend A LOT of time with
Is there an argument to be made for favoring plain vanilla flat land in all directions, instead of a hill or mountaintop, so that the TOA's can be optimized for all bands by antenna height/stacking f
Maybe....if money is no object. A winning setup could be had with the right location and two or three 60 foot towers. That won't happen on flat land. Stan, K5GO Sent from my iPad ____________________
If you really want a record breaking QTH, then buy some land at KP5 and put up some aluminum there. Guaranteed you will break aome records. Now serious... My dream QTH is a combination of both. A 500
Author: K8MR via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 08:57:35 -0500
Do consider the issues of keeping a waterfront antenna system working given all the salt water corrosion issues. Check out the stories of what maintenance PJ2T has to go through. 73 - Jim K8MR Is the
Hilltop vs. flat land enhances and lowers the TOA, which roughly tribander at 60 - 80 ft is close in performance to 2 or 3 stack at 200 ft. Plus the hill - elevation brings one closer to the propagat
Hey Mike & HNY, Having played at many VE1 & VE9 stations, and operating portable from many others, I'd say that if you don't have an unlimited budget, go for either the hill, or, my personal preferen
The discussion of takeoff angles, Fresnel zones, "earth," and so on, was pretty well settled in 1903 by Dr John Ambrose Fleming FRS, in his "Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy." Once you connect Flemi
If you have the real estate and the dollars to support those stacks, sure. BUT -- having operated stations at the top of high ridges, they are the clear winner for moderate budgets. I ran QRP on FD f
True enough. I suspect you could get a real 'bang" out of that place! 73, ron w3wn If you really want a record breaking QTH, then buy some land at KP5 and put up some aluminum there. Guaranteed you w
Author: ko7ss--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 08:31:06 -0800
Last year I had a similiar choice when moving my station. A mountaintop or flat desert as far as the eye could see. The desert isn't salt water but enough radials can be put under an elevated vertica
Hello All, This is an interesting topic for sure and I have experienced both hills and ocean with the volcano 300 foot high hilltop at my contest station built near Arecibo, Puerto Rico where we have
Since I was mentioned in a previous posting, I'll say a few words about my QTH and HFTA. I live on a hilltop with 400 feet of dropoff within 1/4 mile from NW, through N, E, SE and S. However, towards