[CQ-Contest] anyone need a small sprint score?

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Sun Aug 29 12:44:32 EDT 2004


On Aug 28, 2004, at 6:31 PM, N7MAL wrote:

> On behalf of the many contesters, like me, who are relegated to using a
> multi-band trap vertical, and some sort-of low trap dipole for the low
> bands, why don't you try using your station.

I agree. I used just such an installation for 6 years.

>  Once you get over the trauma of
> no longer being a 'big-gun' you might find it fun and exciting being a
> 'little-pistol'. I'm really proud of my 'little-pistol' scores from the
> state of Arizona for the past 10 years.

Now that I have a modest tower and tribander at 15m, I really, really 
appreciate it. All those years of using the dummy load vertical have 
paid off.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901



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