[UK-CONTEST] The Not So Rocky Road To The Summer Isles 2010 -, GM1J

[Bob G3PJT]

Jim
I was interested in your antenna set up and I wonder if that was the 
best choice for working inter EU
It was difficult this year to break through on 20 to many of the UK 
islands due to the strong EU fixed competition but it might be that your 
antennas were just too high. As the height increases from a cliff  top 
location EZNEC seems to show that the lobes  break up into a series of 
minor lobes and this effect might have reduced their effectiveness. Some 
lobes are at very low angles of course but I guess you really needed a 
good solid mid range lobe for maximum effectiveness.
Just a thought for you as I had wondered about the cliff top location I 
had in J6 this year - mind you the vertical dipole worked well there as 
almost every QSO was long haul and I needed the lowest angle lobes I 
could get and I couldn't get down to the sea edge.

73 Bob G3PJT

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