[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests

[Roger (K8RI) on TT]

For me in lower MI about half of the states are between, 200 to 600 
miles.  Extend that to 800 miles and it's nearly 3/4.
Except for Ca the major # of hams is under 700 miles.  Max stateside is 
the west coast at 2000 miles.  That means several antennas for distance 
to the W and SW  Typically F/B is more important than gain, but I need 
short, medium and long distance from SW to W   NW if we include Alaska 
and that's a bit more at 3000 to abt 3300 miles.  IE: farther than 
Greenland, or Iceland It'd be a great multiplier, but few contacts.

73

Roger  (K8RI)


On 10/7/2015 12:46 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> 400 km (250 miles) is hardly a definition of "domestic contesting," 
> where one wants to work all states and provinces.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On Wed,10/7/2015 7:58 AM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> I also have my Dad's old rigs, which are also the first ones I ever 
>> used: a WRL Globe Champion 350 AM tx and a Hammarlund HQ-170 rx. I 
>> use these to occasionally play with AM with some relatively local 
>> guys (within about 400 km). 


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