[TowerTalk] WARC antennas

[Tom Rauch]

> The answer, I think, is that they wanted to work on 40 AND 80, and 
> they wanted a "level playing field" so that the competitors would 
> have equal hardware.  Remember, they set up 53 (yes, 53) essentially
> identical antenna setups (all mountain/ridge tops) in Slovenia so that the
> best OPERATORS would win, not the operators with the best antennas.  And
> if it were I who had to set up the antennas, I'd rather set up 53 Windoms
> than 106 dipoles.

Windoms are amazingly critical for length, feedline layout, and 
even station grounding. If my goal was to have equal stations, I'd 
avoid an antenna that is exceptionally site-critical.

It struck me as an odd antenna choice, even though we all know 
and agree a few dB won't make any difference in results! (just 
kidding about the dB thing)
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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