Unless you are right on the beach, beams are necessary to be competitive.
They do not need to be massive or extremely high, especially with a sloping
terrain. If you're concerned about appearance a tribander can be set up
temporarily just for contests. I have done this many times from a number of
countries in the Caribbean.
John KK9A
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Are beams needed for competitive contesting
from the Caribbean?
From: Rudy Bakalov via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Rudy Bakalov <r_bakalov@yahoo.com>
The subject says it all. I was wondering what the experience of those of you
who have contested from the Caribbean is. Assuming running full 1500W power,
is
a beam really required? Is it more important to hear well than to be heard
(my
assumption)?
So, here's the big picture- we have a vacation rental property on HR9 and
I'd
like to make it available to hams/contesters as well. On the flip side, I am
very concerned about the appearance of towers, beams, etc.
>From HR9, I really need to directions- 330 for NA and 30 for EU. I can do
them
>easily with two OCF dipoles. The dipoles will be about 30' up, the property
is
>on a hill and the elevation drops by about 20' about 30 yards from the
house
>and a total of 130' about 500 yards from the house. Further, I plan on
>building full size verticals for 40 and 80 and some sort of a full size
>sloping vertical for 160. 4SQ RX plus beverages in the two directions I
>mentioned already.
Is this setup enough for competitive SOAB effort/score? Do I need to include
a
tower, rotator, and a beam? The maintenance of anything in the Caribbean
scares
the heck out of me.
Rudy N2WQ
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