Phil,
You could change the feeder on the G5RV to open wire or slotted all the way
from feed point to shack.Use a balanced atu in the shack such as z-match
etc.
You would then have an all band doublet, and you'll notice a big
improvement on the higher bands as well !
73 Dave G4WFQ
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> Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 17:44:30 +0100
> From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
> To: "RTTY" <rtty@contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] GU0SUP Anatolian contest
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> Hi all,
>
> Well, that was my best effort to date in this contest! Despite relatively
> poor conditions, I still did better than expected.
> I managed to work 9 out of the ten call areas in the US, missing only a W2
> for the complete sweep. I had almost given up on getting a W8, as I
assumed
> you would all be at Dayton, but one came to my rescue!
>
> I looked hard for Bill W7TVF, but only saw you being worked, and I had no
> copy on your replies! I also tried calling CQ for long periods, but that
> wasn't too successful.
>
> I have to say that there were a couple of stations who insisted on calling
> me when I was trying to exchange a report with another station, usually on
> their frequency, and I had to repeat the exchanges too many times!
> And why are so many stations still sending GU0SUP GU0SUP GU0SUP DE XX1XX
> XX1XX - especially when QSB is present? Several times I sent out YES, I
KNOW
> MY CALL - BUT WHAT IS URS?
>
> I also got called by 1B0AS, who said he was in the Turkish area of Cyprus.
> As he gave me 096 as a serial number, he obviously worked others too, so I
> wonder how to log that call? I forced Writelog to call him Turkey, but I
> don't think that is correct! Anyone have any bright ideas? Probably best
> just to write off that contact?
>
> My mini-beam was used all the time on the higher bands, and it
outperformed
> the G5RV totally! Most of the time, stations were inaudible on the G5RV,
> whereas they were workable on the beam.
> Now I need to sort out 80m, so maybe it is time to ditch the G5RV, and put
> up wires for 40 and 80.
>
> Looks like there were a lot of new calls in this contest too!
>
> So, here is my effort for the contest:
> QSOs Points DX: Call Areas
> 80m: 2 20 2 0
> 40m: 56 575 25 0
> 20m: 132 1455 40 11
> 15m: 98 1175 31 14
> 10m: 12 125 8 0
> Total: 300 3350 106 25
>
> Total multipliers: 131
> Score: 438850
>
> Thanks to TA9J for sponsoring the contest, and to all for the contacts,
> especially those who had to struggle with my signal.
>
> Very best 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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