[CCF] Vl: [CQ-Contest] Big antenna updates

[Ari Korhonen]

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Lahettaja: Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc@dialup.mplik.ru>
Vastaanottaja: Doug Grant <k1dg@ix.netcom.com>; cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Paiva: 11. helmikuuta 2001 16:55
Aihe: Re: [CQ-Contest] Big antenna updates


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>A friend of mine, Yuri UA9CI once had a system of 3 band(20-15-10) quads  in
>H configuration. That was 4-4 over 4-4. The system was installed on the roof
>of a 9 storey residential building using 26 meter tower. He had to take the
>antenna due to moving to another flat but now has plans to restore it
>possibly next summer. Another big antenna he had up was full size 4 el 40
>meters quad. That was a real "killer" on 40 meters during the day hours when
>he could hear what nobody else could because of "no propagation".
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>73,
>Igor, UA9CDC
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> > The OH8OS 20M array 6-6 over 6-6 over 6-6 probably beats KC1XX's 32
> > on ten for most HF elements. I think the highest 6-6 was 180 - 200 feet.
> > Maybe it wasn't really amateur since it was built for a University =
> > project,
> > but it was on 20 meters.=20
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> > That nomenclature indicates (for those unable to think THAT big) that =
> > the array had three pairs of side-by-side 6-element beams.
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> > I recall the many of us referred to that station as OH8 "Only Signal", =
> > because it often was the only signal from Europe coming through.
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> > and...
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> > from N2NL:=20
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> > Bill, K4XS's 10m stack is bigger than KC1XX.  He's got 6/6/6/6/6/6 on =
> > 10m
> > for a total of 36 elements all phasable.
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> > Conventional wisdom from W1 suggests that 6-element beams are too narrow =
> > for coverage of all of Europe in a contest, but now that the challenge =
> > has been issued, I imagine Matt will want to upgrade.
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> > 73,
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> > Doug K1DG
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