Time of day, propagation all have an effect. Ur antenna is omni-directional, or should be. Depending on deployment with buildings near by etc.
You hear them but do you work them? The WSPR comment is worth a study to do that. The Beacon newsletter has an article about WSPR and how to do it in the Sept 2022 edition. GL..... you are doing just fine.....Rick W5RH On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:32 AM M Reiter via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Been a ham 4 month, so far I can regularly hear and TX to illinois, NY, > NJ,NC georgia alabama, missouri and Fla, I occasionally hear california, > cuba mexico, have my antennas been directional to the east coast, are > there just more hams in these areas? are the various metal roofs power > lines and other factors in my yard pointing my TX/RX in that direction, > have I not listened long enough? I hear these people but rarely who they > are talking to. mostly I hear the guys with booming 1.5k boosters. (they > always tell you) are my antennas just not up to the quality yet? > thanks for your thoughts, > Marc > KI5ZHO > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Rick Hiller *e-mail: [email protected] <[email protected]>* *Cell: 832-474-3713* *Physical: 9031 Troulon Drive* * Houston, TX 77036*
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