Mr. Brett Graham wrote:
>
> G4DQW asked:
>
> Is it common practice among the big contest stations to keep
> competitors away like this?
>
> Certainly is! I think the best example of this was at W7RM's old QTH on
> The Bluff. On the higher bands we could transmit with the big beams on the
> towers up top, while listening on relatively puny beams down on the beach
> some 90m below. A 90m tall pile of dirt & rock did wonders to those pesky
> W5s off the back who couldn't seem to figure out why 7RM could keep running
> 'em despite, in some cases, blatant attempts to steal the frequency.
> Unless it was someone like N5AU, you couldn't even tell they were there
> unless the JAs you were running told you.
>
> For those with more pedestrian stations - say a simple stack - the most
> overlooked capability is the ability to swing the lower beam around at your
> competition, transmitting into both & receiving only on the upper one.
> Again from W7, this can be handy with those bloody W5s.
>
> Luckily, out here in VS6, we're still a few years away before such
> techniques will be required with the BYs!
>
> 73, VS6BrettGraham aka VR2BG bagraham@hk.super.net
Heh hehh works on them pesky 5's from the EAST coast as well! hi hi!
We just dont talk about it much...
73, Tyler kf3p@cais.com
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