[CQ-Contest] Budgeting and planning for a young contest station

[VK4TI]

Totally agree Peter - 

HFTA is one of the best tools in a contesters cabinet...we modeled all the
towers and antennas at our station using it before installation and the
scores are starting to get acceptable. (VK4KW)

I have always thought that options is the next best tool - as many different
antennas as practical..and an often overlooked option is spares - 

SPARE ANTENNA
SPARE HEADPHONE
SPARE PC
SPARE AMP
SPARE RIG

Its amazing how often in a contest it will all come crashing down...I also
like to have another headset for the times that the headset gets a bit
niggly esp after long stints...NOT meant as an advert but since using a Heil
Proset this doesn't happen - but used to with older headsets I used..

Trent VK4TI 



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