[Fourlanders] K8GP

[Brian McCarthy]

The answer is on this page: http://www.k8gp.net/?page_id=20

In looking closely at their photos, I believe they opted to not erect the 4x
5 el' SE fixed array this past June.

Brian
NX9O

On 6/27/07, Jim Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> My guess is that in addition to the rotatable array they have several
> beams
> pointing in fixed directions at centers of activity.  That way they do not
> have to rotate the big array as much and can just switch among the fixed
> beams.  That saves time and makes more Qs.  Why don't we do that?  Simple,
> time and money.  We would need to purchase the additional antennas,
> feedlines, etc. and then put them up at the contest site.  We do good some
> years getting what we have up on Friday afternoon.  Note that K8GP starts
> setting up on Wednesday before the contest!  The thing you need to also
> realize is that several of the K8GP ops are retired and/or wealthy.  They
> simply have more time and money than we do.  That is why I do not worry
> about competing with them and prefer to focus on making incremental
> improvements to our contest operations.  Many of those improvements are
> really starting to pay off for us.  Thanks to Bob, Ron, Brian and others
> for
> their hard work on those improvements.
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> whensley11 at comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:24 PM
> To: fourlanders at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] K8GP
>
> I would like to learn ... about their philosophy/approach.  What's with
> all
> the beams on 2m?
> Some of what they do is no different than us ... but there are things they
> do differently.  Why?  What are they achieving?
> Just "food for thought or review" as I say!
> ...Kim - WG8S
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