[CQ-Contest] PJ4G ARRL DX SSB Recording by N2IC

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,3/12/2017 8:56 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> This answers the question some people had on how you can have two 
> stations on the same band without much interference. 

It also helps to have very clean transmitters and amps with bullet-proof 
front ends. I'm lucky enough to have two towers 200 ft apart, one with a 
3-el SteppIR, the other with monobanders for 20 and 15, with a line 
between the towers perpendicular to the east coast. When pointed to that 
way, their elements are approximately inline. By accident, after adding 
the second tower 4-5 years ago, I discovered that I could have both 
radios on 20M within about 60 kHz of each other and not have QRM between 
them. I run K3s to Ten Tec Titan tube amps at legal limit. And that's 
with the ORIGINAL K3s, before the new synth boards, which I added a year 
or so ago. I'm also able to run both radios on 10M, one CW and one SSB, 
for the 10M contest with another short tower that's not quite as well 
located. Pointing one antenna at the other produces a VERY different 
result. :)

I've operated with Jeff and John from that station, and crawled through 
the brush to help rig Beverages. I agree that the antenna farm I saw is 
clearly legal within the rules, and that it would not be difficult to 
rig something comparable for the higher bands. And FWIW, when I first 
moved here 10 years ago, I had only fan dipoles for 20/15/10 and found, 
again by accident, that my 550 ft EU/VK Beverage heard EU pretty well on 
20M.

73, Jim K9YC