20 meters. Phone. Long path about 50 degrees azimuth. Our 2:30 to 4:30 afternoon. Dipole - horizontal - about 35’ high in the clear. broadside to the stated azimuth. You’ll hear east coast stateside stns too, probably with gain antennas facing toward 50 degrees, depending, running power. GL. W5RH
Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On Apr 11, 2023, at 10:25 AM, M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > Moring yall. > lets say I wanted to talk to a specific country. what might I customise to > make it more likely. > lets say houston to australia. would there be better frequencies within a > band to try? what might I look up? how to speak ozzi? I have seen my wspr > path get there on 10w and I have seen the propagation charts that let me know > that sunset is the best time. do I need a directional antenna? I assume > there are many basic factors for any radio transmission to be successful but > what are the specific ones if I only wish to contact AUS? Vx# > > Marc. > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
