[TowerTalk] Need Advice on SO2R Antenna Arrangement

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Sat Jul 19 09:09:54 EDT 2003


At 06:44 AM 7/19/03 -0400, Eric Scace  K3NA wrote:
...
>For example, if you are in the northeast and put a 10m and 40m antenna on 
>the same
>rotator, one approach is for the two antennas to point in opposite 
>directions to held during those hours when both bands are open.

I recall -- but can't find at the moment -- a reference to a study done 
during the last sunspot minimum that found the top contest stations were 
getting less than 2 percent of their scores in DX contests from 10 meters 
at the bottom of the cycle.  Given that we're rapidly heading that way, 
this at least suggests some prioritization in building things up.

73, Pete N4ZR
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