On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 (CST) "Andrew B. White" <k9cw@prairienet.org> writes:
> We ran ARRL SS in 1975 from that site using W9YH. At the time, the
> key to the building was kept up above the front door! The performance
> was> OK on 40m, as I recall, and it worked somewhat better on the
higher
> bands. For the size of the antenna and its height, we expected it to do
> better.
>
High STACKS for DOMESTIC CONTESTS just DON'T DO IT !
Higher is NOT always better, ESPECIALLY for close in communication.
>From W9, most of the USA is less than 1000 miles, probably less
than 800 miles. A tribander, or even dipoles at 40 ft on the high
bands is MUCH more competitive for Sweepstakes....
Tom N4KG
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