[TowerTalk] Need Advice on SO2R Antenna Arrangement

[Jim White, K4OJ]

As regards 10

Be sure to have one of your beam REALLY high up (and remember to point 
it at Florida on the appropriate weekends!)

I seem to remember The Fridge (W3LPL) has a 10 meter beam up at the cat 
bird seat at his place...

Awesome project - consider making your tallest tower the 55G and 
sell/swap some of the smaller stuff towards that goal... I swear I could 
park a car on top of our 55G towers... they are sweet.

Check with some of the locals about antenna heights, also look at N6BV's 
stuff as to "finding" a good height for your stacks... modeling is great 
for what-ifs - K4VX program spits out a pattern real quick like... and 
K6STI's YO a more refined output.

As Pete is hinting - be prepared for the minima and expect different 
azimuths too... Europe may be "over Africa" on 15 and at times mebbe 
even 20 meters!

You will be busy!

GL,

Jim, K4OJ


Pete Smith wrote:
> 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
> The World HF Contest Station Database was updated 17 June 03.
> Are you current? www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
> 
> 
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