[UK-CONTEST] Further to Generators...

[Darren GØTSM]

I suppose it depends what your ratio of contesting to general 
operating is. If you are 100% a contester and need to get away from 
the wife and kids then a 450M separation from the distractions of 
family life sound good to me!...
But if you like getting up, strolling into the shack and working DX 
while you are getting ready for work then that 450M may as well be 45 miles.

For HF you could use 300-ohm twin feeder with a  6:1 balun on each 
end, then as Chris said then into a remote antenna switch. The losses 
in that wouldn't be too bad. You would just need to make sure the 
twin was 'floating' and not lying on the ground.

73 Darren..


> > I am planning on putting the shack in what I call "the top 
> field", which is located some 450 Metres from the house. This is 
> the best location, height wise, and for positioning of the masts, 
> as they will be impossible to view from all but one of the 
> neighbours due to the way the land lies. However, supplying power 
> to the shack is going to be a problem...I suspect.