[CQ-Contest] Contest QTH, hilltop or seaside?

[Barry]

Given the constraint of simple antennas, no big towers, I'd go with the 
hilltop (and carefully model with HFTA - too high an effective height is 
bad, too).
Barry W2UP

On 1/1/2015 06:53, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA wrote:
> If you had to choose between a 600' hilltop or an oceanfront QTH in VE9, VE1
> which would it be?-----6m thru 160m.
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> Sure, 600' doesn't sound like a lot, but most of the land around these parts
> is from 30'-300' ASL. Lets say the ground is very poor and rocky &
> undulating.
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> Now to the oceanfront QTH.  These are harder to find. I mean the *ultimate*
> reasonably priced ones are w/o a thick wallet
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> but perhaps something in southern VE1 or VE9 which is a bit of a point of
> land giving 180-220* of water with fair but maybe not perfect views
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> to EU/AF and the USA & SA.JA would be blocked as would all northern paths.
> At least 3-10* horizon and all over land in any case.
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> What about less of an "over the water shot" where you could only choose one
> primary direction. Would you still do it? Choose EU over all else?
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> NA perhaps?....size is likely 2-5acres..what about QRM to neighbours?
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> Antennas would be very simple (no 100' towers in either case)
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> Perhaps 40'masts with K1WA/K8UR (4) sloping dipole arrays on all bands
> 10-160.  No stacks, maybe not even any short towers. Maybe just HF9V
> verticals.
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> So, strictly for contesting which would it be? Oceanfront or
> "hilltop"..remember-simple antennas only.
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> I await the comments.
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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