[CQ-Contest] Re: 2 dB more?

[Scott A. Lehman N9AG]

Even if the difference between an optimized 7-ele
monobander and a tribander is only 2 dB, 2dB
are freakin' GOLD!

At a station where I operate, the owner (N8NR) replaced
a 200 foot run of 1/2" 8817-style coax with hardline
and it opened a new layer of Europeans with indoor antennas
to be worked in a contest.  This is about the same difference
you are talking about - without an improvement in rejection
from the sides and back of the monobander.

Whether it is "worth it" can only be answered by your pocketbook.

73, Scott N9AG


----- Original Message -----
From: Salina Physician Anesthesia <spa at tri.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 17:41
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: 2 dB more?


>
> Sitting here filling out a jillion reply QSLs and wondering:
>
> I have been using a KT-36XA in the last few contests.  Joke is that I've
> basically only worked 10M as I am really a DXer first and don't like
getting
> a run going as I can't handle the mess.  However, it is nice to call into
a
> pile and get in on the first call.  And then there are the weak stations
> that plead for a contact and they are in the QRN with syllables only.  A
few
> dB more and?  Or would I just find another layer?
>
> So, it's no big deal to get the KT-36XA down, put up a M2 7 el 10M beam
with
> 1.99 dB more gain.
>
> Worth the price of the antenna?
>
> N0UU
>
>
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