[CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

[JOHN GEIGER]

One thing I have wondered about in the limited antennas category/definition:  Does a single element wire allow for use of a Rhombic antenna?  Isn't there a way to make a Rhomic where it is just one continuous piece of wire?



73 John AF5CC


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---- On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:22:50 -0600 Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com> wrote ---



John,

Thank you for bringing me up to date.  That overlay definition works for me.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Dec 4, 2023, at 9:58 PM, mailto:john at kk9a.com wrote:
> 
> The ARRL "Limited Antennas Overlay" comes pretty close to matching your
> overlay request.  I do not believe there is a stipulation as to how many
> single element antennas you can have and if they can be rotated.  Limited
> Antennas was a very popular in the 2023 November Sweepstakes and some
> stations were very competitive with multi-element stations.
> 
> "Limited Antennas Overlay: Any Single Operator or Single Operator Unlimited
> entrant can enter using
> the Limited Antennas Overlay. Operation is limited to the use of
> single-element antennas such as a
> single vertical, end-fed wire, or a single dipole antenna no more than 50
> feet above ground at its highest
> point. The antenna(s) may cover multiple bands, as in the case of multiband
> verticals and dipoles with
> fan or trap constructions."
> 
> John KK9a
> 
> 
> 
> Stan Zawrotny k4sbz wrote:
> 
> I am 80 and am not in the class of the big guns even though I have a full
> legal limit station. I don't feel the need for an overlay to  point to my
> age as my excuse for not scoring higher. Instead, I would like to see an
> overlay of just wires. The current overlay combines wires with tribanders.
> Tribanders have a great advantage over wires -- they can rotate. A couple
> of the European contests are starting to have a wires-only category. I
> would like to see some of our ARRL, CQ  and NAQP contests do the same.
> 
> Stan, K4SBZ
> 
> 
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