[CQ-Contest] Re: WPX & "whats a tribander?"

[k6ll at juno.com]

On Fri, 12 May 2000 07:12:55 -0500 Jon Ogden <jono at enteract.com> writes:
> 
> on 5/8/00 9:45 AM, Igor Sokolov at ua9cdc at dialup.mplik.ru wrote:
> 
> > Unless there is clear definition of a "tribander" exists I do not 
> see much
> > difference between the two stacked tribenders (which you can 
> nickname a
> > tribander with the split boom)  and the one with the boom length 
> equal to
> > the sum of the above two stacked tribanders. I still believe that 
> the
> > essence of the tribander is the compromise spacing and shortened 
> elements
> > rather then  method of feeding. I am not really concerned about 
> cheaters in
> > WPX. I am just trying to figure out the definition of a tribender 
> in order
> > to formulate the antenna requirements for WRTC style contest which 
> we are
> > going to have locally.
> 
> Igor,
> 
> The rules CLEARLY state a SINGLE Tri-bander.  A stacked Tri-bander 
> has added
> gain over a single one.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Jon
> NA9D

More importantly, the second feedline enables the use of
two radios during the daytime.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
K6LL at juno.com


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