[CQ-Contest] New category: "Wires only"??

[John Geiger]

A 6 element 20 meter monobander would fit in that area, but would hardly
make someone similar to the single element antennas.

73s John NE0P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm at verizon.net>
To: "'Bill Turner'" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:10 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New category: "Wires only"??


> No.  All you have to do is say that all antennas must be confined to an
area
> with a 100ft or 30 meter radius.  There should also be a height limitation
> of , say, 70 feet max for all antennas.  RX antennas unrestricted except
for
> the adhering to the 100 ft radius circle.  Those with more than one
antenna
> for a band that qualifies must choose 1 antenna to use per band and cannot
> change.  Power limited to 100 watts output.
>
> 73, Ty K3MM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 12:07 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New category: "Wires only"??
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> At 07:30 PM 1/25/2006, John  Geiger (NE0P) wrote:
>
> >Wouldn't a single element wire also include a rhombic?
> >
> >73s John NE0P
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> It sure would. This shows how carefully things have to be worded when
> making rules.
>
> Perhaps stating the gain equivalent would be better, i.e. "An antenna
> with gain equivalent to a half-wave dipole or a 1/4 wave vertical
> worked against ground".
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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