[CQ-Contest] If you could only have one simple antenna...?

[Joe]

I love loops,
As large as possible fed with open line.
Run it around the perimeter of the property.
Decent Gain, and a nice quiet antenna too.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 8/21/2016 9:56 PM, Trent Sampson wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> Double extended Zepp has a lot going for it if you have space with tuned feeder -
> Nothing wrong with inverted V antenna but height is might regardless of what it is...
>
> Hy Gains Hy Tower is not a bad option if there is room for Radials
>
> Regards
> TrentVK4TS PO Box 275 Mooloolaba 4557 0408497550
>
>
>> To: CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM
>> From: n4zr at contesting.com
>> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:03:23 -0400
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] If you could only have one simple antenna...?
>>
>> I'm a fairly serious but second-tier contester who's getting old, and we
>> have just moved to Baltimore County, MD for family medical reasons.
>> Tower and antenna rules here are pretty reasonable, but I have other
>> constraintswhich will pretty much limit me to one antenna, and probably
>> to wires. I'd still like to play in Sweepstakes and dabble in DX
>> contests. Given the state of the sunspot cycle, a lot of that is likely
>> to be on the lower bands.
>>
>> So, if you were in my shoes, what would you put up?
>>
>> 73, Pete N4ZR
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