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<p class=MsoNormal>During an international contest, into Europe, what beam
heading is best to cover the greatest (contesting) ham population?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For the Pacific, obviously for the most contest participants,
one would point their beam toward Japan, but what about Korea and VK/ZL? Does
VK/ZL contesting population even come close to that of Japan?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The reason for the questions is that as I get my land
cleared out from that tornado disaster, I am in the planning stages of putting
up some wire yagi’s for contesting. Most likely yagi type for 40m
(because my trees are not tall enough to get the bottom wire of a quad much
over 30’ high) and probably quad type for 20/15/10m. We all know that a
quad is quieter QRN wise than a yagi and that the gain difference between the
two types of antennas is almost small enough to be considered negligible, for
all practical purposes. (In south Ga. Less QRN is a good thing !!) I’m
aware also that a tower/rotor/yagi is more versatile than hanging wires in
trees, but at this moment, unless I cash in some ‘stuff’ that I don’t
want to cash in, I cannot afford the tower route, so wires it has to be for now.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So I would appreciate some comments on beam headings to both
Europe and Japan.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Tom – W4BQF<o:p></o:p></p>
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