[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests. Re: TowerTalk Digest, Vol 154, Issue 18

[Tom Osborne]

Boy - you sure are right on that Kelly.

The 400 mile distance gets me into eastern Oregon, Northern California, 
and western Idaho.  Not a whole lot of activity going on in those 
areas.  Being right on the ocean I don't start getting into population 
areas until I hit, at least, Colorado.  Quite a bit of activity in 
Washington so that is a plus, but not like the big population centers.

That's why it's nice to have 2 different antennas for 80 meters.  73
Tom W7WHY

On 10/14/2015 9:41 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net 
> <mailto:ve4xt at mymts.net>> wrote:
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>     No arguing with results, however, I would point out that your 400
>     mile radius will mean quite a different QSO count in a
>     high-density amateur region such as W1 than in other areas. A
>     400-mile radius from Carlisle covers quite a few more hams than a
>     400-mile radius from Toronto, for instance. Plus, you’re getting
>     some help from the inverse square law, which means any
>     inefficiency is less important for 400-mile trips than for
>     2,000-mile trips.
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>     If your signal is raining down on a lot of amateurs, you’ll work a
>     lot of them. But 400 miles just barely gets you from one end of
>     North Dakota to the other. Depending on where in Ontario the OP is
>     located, 400 miles may not be enough to get into the high-density
>     regions, and even then, precludes the 2,168-mile trip from Toronto
>     to LA.
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>     73, kelly
>     ve4xt
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