[UK-CONTEST] Mobile Towers & Top Band

[Clive GM3POI]

You could try adding 80m traps to your antenna and 
the extra wire to make it resonant on 1830. You could 
bring the ends in towards the supporting mast.
    It does make me wonder what guys are using on 
160m, during the Contest some Gs were 30-40 db over 
and others in the noise a 60-70db spread. I wonder 
why those with no room don't put up a 160m mobile 
antenna with a small amount of radials, it must work 
better than on a car. 73 Clive GM3POI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Mobile Towers & Top Band


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>> From: ERIK GEDVILAS<g8xvj at btinternet.com>
>> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] MOBILE TOWER
>> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
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>> Mobile tower does it get round the planning 
>> minefield or do you still need to get planning
>> permission.
>> Erik?????G8XVJ IO83RJ
>>
>
> I understand that a semi-local tried the 'mobile' 
> tower trick however
> according to local rumour he built the trailer in 
> his garden (or maybe
> had it craned over the roof) and there was no way 
> of getting in onto the
> road, apparently the planners didn't look on it 
> very favourably! See:
> http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/stroud/news/Protest-petition-radio-ham-s-Stroud-mast/article-1082368-detail/article.html
>
> I listened on Top Band yesterday evening but I only 
> have an 80/40m trap
> dipole. Unsurprisingly results were disappointing, 
> I realized that after
> one QSO with Don who obviously could only just hear 
> me (599??) I wasn't
> going to waste time trying to work anyone else.
> What should I do, tune the (coax) feeder, put in 
> some loading coils or
> try a vertical?
>
> 73...
>
> Ken
>
> G3LVP
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