[TowerTalk] K9LTN array

[Kelly Taylor]

He was, it appears, president of NIDXA in 1971, so without consulting the
DXCC charts, I think he's right up there. Unfortunately, there's no e-mail
addy on the website, so we can't just ask him direct.

My guess is that he's looked at his remaining countries list, found they're
all pretty long haul, and figured this was the way to get them. I'd be
curious how he resolved the compromises between stacking distances across
the three DXCC eligible bands...

Still not convinced of the RF engineering, however.

73, kelly
ve4xt
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RICHARD BOYD" <ke3q at msn.com>
To: "towertalk reflector" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 4:13 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] K9LTN array


> I gather K9LTN is a DXer, so maybe that's the criterion he designed and
built this for, and it may work quite well for what he intended it for.
>
> Most contesters would avoid horizontal stacking, to avoid narrowing the
lobe too much.  DXers may be looking for a pinpoint pattern when chasing
that rare DXpedition, and the toughest ones tend to be on the other side of
the world -- or even longpath -- where the low angle may be just the ticket.
>
> I think contesters would avoid the horizontal stacking, which clearly adds
a lot of mechanical complexity anyway.  Which is why contesters always
vertical stack rather than horizontal.
>
> 73 - Rich, KE3Q
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