[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests

[Rudy Bakalov]

How would you feed it on 20-15-10 meters? Would like to avoid tuners during contests.

Rudy N2WQ

Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.


> On Oct 4, 2015, at 1:30 PM, D. Scott MacKenzie <kb0fhp at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> I personally like a simple 80M loop.  Nice high angle of radiation, simple
> and inexpensive
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rudy
> Bakalov via TowerTalk
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 10:19 AM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests
> 
> Looking at the number of states worked during CQ WW RTTY it is pretty
> obvious I need antennas for working the US and Canada on 20-15-10 from my
> VE3 QTH.  I'd appreciate any and all suggestions.
> 
> Currently considering 1) vertical dipoles and 2) a curtain of 3 stacked
> dipoles (or inverted Vs) from 10' to 30'.
> 
> Anything else? Do keep in mind that from VE3 the US is from ~160 to ~330
> degrees azimuth and I do not want to rotate the antenna.
> 
> Rudy N2WQ
> 
> Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate
> autocorrect.
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