[CQ-Contest] Time to QSY?

[Chuck Dietz]

I use a 1/4 wave sloper on 160 with the top at about 130 feet on a 155 foot
tower. I have a receiving array, but I have never heard any 160m station I
could not contact. East coast stations tell me I have EU pile ups I can't
hear after I have worked all the loud ones. I think transmit antennas are
easy. It is the receive antennas that are a problem.

Chuck W5PR


On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 2:53 PM Wes Jennings <wjennings2011 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Steve as you know I am setting up here also. 4 sq on 40m - 2multi band
> verts for 80 phased. And inverted l for 160. Now on a small city lot my old
> elmer had KLM tribander, 2ele 40m beam, shunt fed the tower for 160,80 with
> beverages that fit in the lot. Did real well on that setup
>
> Wes
> WL7F
> ________________________________
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Stephen
> Bloom <sbloom at acsalaska.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 2:43:28 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Time to QSY?
>
> I'll throw this out there ...
>
> 80M and 160M antennas!
>
> Most of us probably know the theory, but I want to know what has actually
> worked and hasn't ..and ..why
>
> Competitively, at this point in the cycle, we're gonna live and die on the
> low bands.  For the most part, 40M and below, we know it's some variation
> on
> heavy metal high in the air .. for 80 and 160M, I'm curious, and I bet
> others are too about
>
> 1)  For the "big guns" and those trying to be, what are you doing?  Are any
> of you having success with 80M yagis, and if so, how are you keeping them
> in
> the air and on the air?  For 80M and 160M, 4 square arrays?  4 "tower
> verticals" or Dipole arrays off a single tower?  2 phased verticals?
> Receiving antennas?  How do you keep Moose from ravaging your Beverages?
> (OK, maybe that is an Alaska only problem!)
>
> 2)  For the people on smaller lots.  Suggestions, ways to improve
> performance realistically.
>
> Thanks/73
> Steve KL7SB
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> K1AR via CQ-Contest
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 1:08 PM
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Time to QSY?
>
> OK everyone -- unless someone has something new and profound to offer, I
> suggest we move on to a new thread. How about a discussion on leveling the
> playing field in contesting? Or, perhaps the impact of spotting, RBN and
> packet  on contest operating? Maybe we can debate the merits of combining
> assisted  and unassisted.
>
> NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Something new folks? Anything? Please?
>
> Thank you.
>
> 73, John, K1AR
>
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