Antenna are important here, guys! Are you using NVIS antennas, e.g., a dipole NMT 1/4 wave high, etc.
John - K8OCL >From: "Andrew O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [digitalradio] local HF net successes >Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:56:06 -0400 > > > > > By the way, since I moved about 30-40 miles away from my former QTH > > which was centrally located to our club's Wednesday night chat net, we > > have tried many different HF frequencies to see what works the best for > > voice. We initially started on 28.400 for the last year or two but the > > reason for selecting 10 meter phone was so that the Tech + and Novices > > could be part of the group. Guess what? At no time have we ever had any > > of them come to the well publicized net. So recently we have been trying > > other bands, and 80 tends to go long and you get too many distant > > stations wanting to contact us, 40 and 20 are outside the NVIS range and > > have a weaker ground wave. Unfortunately same for 6 meters:( We thought > > that might work OK for direct/skywave, but very mediocre results with > > our mediocre antennas. > > > > The bands that really work the best are: > > > > 160 if the other stations are willing to install an antenna ... and ... > > 15 meters was the best "ground"/direct wave of all the bands we tried. > > Even with Butternut and R7 type verticals. I still can not quite figure > > out the reason. > > > > I sure wish I could get some of the stations to try digital, especially > > on 6 meters and 160 meters, but it seems nearly impossible out of 150 + > > hams in the greater area, we have very few that will even try digital > > modes at all:( > >Rick, I have been having some of the same frustrations. I have tried to >find bands that will work for ham within 20-40 miles of me and have found >it >very difficult. Tell us more about your 15M experiments? > >Andy K3UK > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
