[TowerTalk] Something new in the air...

[StellarCAT]

not to thread on your enthusiasm, and I'm sure you know this, but the reason 
why he (or anyone for that matter) is above the rest of the stations isn't 
the antenna - or at least its just a factor in the overall scheme of things 
... propagation is a key factor as is location, location location.

Before I recently moved to South Carolina I used HFTA extensively to vet 
every home we were looking at .... in 6 months found zero that met all our 
criteria - so instead I found 11+ acres that was great re HFTA (and ok for 
most other things) and bought it - built a house and am now assembling a 
station ... angle is the most important factor (assuming propagation is 
there - or compared to another station nearby) in that it can make an 
average antenna - even a dipole - out perform a large array ... HFTA will 
tell you this and I personally know - when I was in Arizona Dave, AB7E, was 
on the side of a mountain with a gentle slope towards EU out for miles - 
when modeled his location equipped with a dipole at 40' would outperform my 
3/3/3 on 20 meters - towards EU .... and I'd hear VK's 20 over that he 
couldn't tell were there!

I only write this because it appears you're suggesting that it is this 
antenna that makes all these stations above the pack. Generally speaking the 
difference between an average 3 element beam on a compromised boom (length) 
and a monobander is only 2 or 3 db...

Gary
K9RX

-----Original Message----- 
From: PAUL924 at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 4:17 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Something new in the air...


Hi Guys,
I recently had a QSO with Amir 4X6TT and even during these  poor
propagation conditions he was 59+ 20db on 20 meters. I asked him what type 
of antenna
he was using and he said a GPX 16-3 which I had never heard of  before. I
located the website  _www.gpxantennas.com_ (http://www.gpxantennas.com/) .
owner SP7GPX. After I signed with him several other stateside stations using
antennas  from this site called him and they were also very loud.
I wanted share this information  with those members of TowerTalk who may
not be familiar with these  antennas.
73,
Paul  W2JGQ