[TowerTalk] 10 METERS GIANT ANTENNA

[T A RUSSELL]

The Finnish group who spent 3 months and lots of money
building a superstation on Curacao used an H frame on 10 M.

They came in second to PJ9B who creamed them on 10M 
using a pair of stacked Cushcraft 4L Yagi's.

Was it the operators?  Or the narrow pattern from the H frame
that cut down on their 10 M contact total?  

Check your pattern width against the spread for Europe and
North America.  If your pattern is smaller than the target areas,
an H frame could hurt your score more than help.

de  Tom  N4KG


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