[CQ-Contest] Wires Only

[Eric Rosenberg]

While I don't like the "wires only" approach, I do like Jeff's idea of 
space limitations. My lot is 144ft  x 40ft and the zoning regulations 
prohibit towers. 

However, I do have a couple of wires (160 inv-L, an 80/40 OCF dipole and 
some receive antennas) and a F12 C-3SS 6 ft off my roof on a quad mount. 

For the cynically minded urban dwellers and those living near broadcast 
or other radio transmission facilities, how about a 'noise' handicap. 
I'd have a huge head start here in DC, where from my house I see (and 
hear) all of the broadcast towers, which also house radios for all of 
the metropolitan area fire and rescue and law enforcement services, not 
to mention all of the seemingly innumerable federal services!

Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC

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> Subject:
> Re: [CQ-Contest] Wires Only
> From:
> <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
> Date:
> Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:45:56 -0500
> To:
> <cq-contest at contesting.com>
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> To:
> <cq-contest at contesting.com>
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>   If you limit the size of the area you can put up your wire antennas you would eliminate competing against someone
> who has something big like a rombic antenna farm. I would allow all types of wire antennas (wire beams, phased verticals etc..) as long as they fit into the required area. 
>
> The whole idea is to give someone who is hardware limited by their budget or new to contesting to have a chance to win something.  Wires cost a fraction of  a towers/beam antenna farm and I would think would be within everyones' budget.
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>
> 73, Jeff KU8E
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>
> KU8E Wire Antenna Farm :
>
> 160: Inverted L - 50 ft vertical
> 80:  Inverted L
> 40 :  67 foot zepp/ 50 ft  , wire vertical/ 4 elevated radials
> 20:   67 foot zepp/ 50 ft , Dipole SE/NW 50 ft
> 15:   67 foot zepp/50 ft
> 10:   67 foot zepp/50 ft , dipole SE/NW 50 ft
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