On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 12:12:28AM -0500, Nat Heatwole wrote:
> Anyway, this discussion is really more appropriate for TowerTalk, not
> CQ-Contest, but I think KQ2M really encapsulated my point when he said:
> "hills are good, salt water is better, anywhere you can put up stacks is
> the best."
No - living closer to your target area is the key.
Most DX contests require a lot of contacts with Europe - for
two reasons:
- There are a lot of countries in Europe.
- There are a lot of radio ops in Europe.
So being closer to Europe makes a huge difference,
more difference during the course of a contest weekend
than any antenna.
I have used a lot of big antennas (even stacks of them) over the years
from here in Texas. I currently live on very good hill. Neither of
these things are better for working Europe than living closer to
Europe.
QTH selection tip:
Given the choice between living on a hill with sloping
foreground in front of the antennas and having stacked
antennas I will take the hill - it is much better than
stacked antennas any day of the week.
--
George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii@kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
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