[TowerTalk] Contesting yagis

[WA9ALS - John]

Some have told me that you don't see many contesting stations using log
periodic antennas.  Is that true?  If so, why?  For example, the
Tennadyne T-10 claims 6.1 Dbd gain and 15-25 F:B.  That certainly
APPEARS like it would be competitive with even the C31XR or TH11DX, yet
I don't hear about many using LPDAs.  What's not apparent from the
numbers?

BTW, I dug my own tower hole 4x4x5 with a rented bobcat excavator for
$99 - worked great - no boulders or other problems.  For those of you
that have emailed me previously, I selected the "way out back, in the
clear site" for my tower.  Good thing - Yesterday afternoon for no
apparent reason (windless sunny day), a huge branch fell from an
apparently healthy tall tree and took down our power and phone lines!
At least in the open field I won't have to worry about limbs falling on
my guys etc.  TNX
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WA9ALS - John
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