One thing that is interesting is the height of the antenna - moving
the shorty 40 higher seems to play an important role in how well it
performs. Will have to see if I can get mine a bit higher this
summer.
I can certainly understand why a contester would not want to give up
his shorty 40, even if it was not a great performer. The antenna is
bought, paid for, and installed - takes more effort to take it down
and to try and sell it. As well, having several antennas to choose
from is always a good thing.
Tom - VE3CX
> I too have a shorty forty at 80. I'm a contester, so I was also interested
> in the 4 square,
> more for "speed of direction change" than anything else. But covering "only"
> 4 corners of the
> compass from NJ did not seem appealing, especially since the mandatory
> directions are
> (a) Europe - around 50 degrees from here and (b) SA - about due south from
> here. Not
> good. I also asked other contesters with shorty 40's and none of them were
> willing to give up
> the rotatable yagi on 40 for a 4 square.
>
> YMMV
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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