[CQ-Contest] Overrlay Categories

[Jack Brindle]

When I worked at ARRL HQ back in 1976, the W1AW rhombic used just two wires (as do all other rhombic).. That’s the same count as a dipole.
Single element means a driven element, no reflectors or directors…

73,
Jack, W6FB


> On Dec 5, 2023, at 10:47 AM, JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> ---- On Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:22:50 -0600 Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com> wrote ---
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> John,
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> Thank you for bringing me up to date.  That overlay definition works for me.
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> Stan, K4SBZ
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> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
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>> On Dec 4, 2023, at 9:58 PM, mailto:john at kk9a.com wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> "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."
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>> John KK9a
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>> Stan Zawrotny k4sbz wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Stan, K4SBZ
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