[CQ-Contest] SO2R Technical Question - Round III - Antennas

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

You basically are describing two problems here. One is the proximity of the antennas to each other. With a multiband antenna and only 15 feet of seperation you may be limited to LP operation . The other problem is that your second radio setup might not be very effective. There's no definite answer to this one but you may have to adjust your expectations. If you had just one radio and just that all band vertical, how well would you do in a contest? If that radio/vertical is now the "second rig" in an SO2R setup it isn't going to magically become more effective. There's no doubt you will be learning a new skill and that you will make extra QSO's in a contest....but be ready to hit the escape key or whatever you have to do when you don't get an answer on the second rig.
73 Steve K0SR

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Buller [mailto:k0wa at swbell.net]
>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 08:15 AM
>To: 'CQcontest Reflector'
>Subject: [CQ-Contest] SO2R Technical Question - Round III - Antennas
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>Wow....
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>I've learned a lot about SO2R installations over the last week. Thanks for all the emails and responses. Now, here is another questions.....
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>Antennas. I think I have an issue with antennas because of make up of my location. I have a 60 foot tower with a C3E - 80 and 40 meter inverted -V dipoles on separate feedlines but at the same height on the tower, a 160 meter Inverted-L on the tower...and a full size quarter-wave vertical in the yard with 32 radials. I was planning on changing out the vertical for a Butternut 6 band model or something similar, but as I was looking at the installation the antenna would be very close to both the 160 -80- and 40 meter antennas....less than 15 feet. I am on an 80 by 150 foot lot. (I think SO2R is gonna get expensive when I tell the YL we have to move!) So, is it worthwhile to even consider doing SO2R on such a small lot because of the proximity of the antennas. This is a considerable investment....minus the new farmstead.
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>Lee - K0WA
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