Topband: Which 4 directions?

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Pete, 


Most entities needed to finish your first 100 entities for DXCC are northeast 
of you. Your best receiving antenna should be in that direction. The 
remaining directions in order of importance for achieving your first 100 
entities are: South, West and East. 


Is it possible to install a small array of short verticals at your QTH? 
Verticals are excellent building blocks for receiving antennas because 
-- unlike loops-- they naturally have a broad deep null at high angles. A 
160 meter receiving 4-square can be built with verticals as short as 20 feet 
and can be built with 80 foot sides, or even smaller. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at contesting.com> 
To: "topband reflector" <Topband at contesting.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 4:51:55 PM 
Subject: Topband: Which 4 directions? 

I'm planning to build and deploy 4 receiving antennasfor 160M this 
summer - some mix of BOGs, K9AYs, etc.Question is, where would you aim 
them, from a QTH 60 miles NW of Washington DC. My main objective is to 
finish my 160M DXCC, now hovering at 72 worked. The quantitative 
constraint is due to the switching system I have in place. 

-- 

73, Pete N4ZR 
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http://reversebeacon.net, 
blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. 
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