Ed Sieb wrote:
These same piss-weakers usually abide by the maxim: "The weakest stations make the longest 'Ol' Buzzard' transmissions" and usually get stomped on by any SSB station that comes on frequency, appartently thinking there's no one there!
That being said, there's only a hand-full of NorthEast operators who's signals ever make it as far south as South Central Texas. The leader of the pack, it should come as no surprise, is Tim/WA1HLR. Tim is probably the farthest away from here, yet consistently has the strongest signal. Now, I realize, not everyone can have a Mountain top and several ~200' tall towers in which to construct a 'Lazy H' antenna on bands as low as 160 meters, but WB3HUZ has been heard here with relatively low-strain, and KA1SI (is that still Steve's call?) has a fairly consistent signal, as does WA3VJB. Another couple of beacons on 75m AM is W4QCU, and WA4KCY, and of course, I've already commented on how strong Don/K4KYV is here, all the time.
There have been several nights that I've listened to WA1HLR talking to others in the NorthEast who don't even raise the noise-floor on the receiver here.
From the West, I've heard K7YOO/Skip, Mike/KO6NM, Dave/W6PSS, a WA2 something in Arizona, and KL7?? (my memory is shot) up in Tum-Tum Washington. I don't hear much of any other stations out there.
Locally, Marv/KC9VF is centrally located in Western Oklahoma with a 192' vertical and 'hundreds' of radials plowed into the ground, and a T-368. ALWAYS a -big-time- signal, regardless of where I've been mobile. When Marv is on the air, I hear him.
From personal experience, it just seems that getting an antenna, at least part of it, up at 1/4 wave length above ground, makes all the difference in the world. That, and perhaps changing the feed-line to 450-ohm ladder line, or some home-brewed open-wire line.
Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited by law. Some restrictions may apply.
;-) -- 73 & Happy New Year -Geoff/W5OMR ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
