[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests

Jon kd5sfa at gmail.com
Sun Oct 4 14:41:54 EDT 2015


Build a fan dipole set up as an inverted V.  Space the elements equally
apart (60 degrees).  You should get vertical polarization and
omnidirectional-ish signal and less interaction between elements.

On Sunday, October 4, 2015, Rudy Bakalov via TowerTalk <
towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:

> 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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