The signal from the USA to FT8X can take many paths since it is just about on the opposite of the world. You have to check all directions as the signal can change from short path to over EU to long path in a matter of minutes. The best way to see that is to look at the Great Circle chart based on FT8X. You can see that the beam headings from FT8X to the USA is from 0 to 360. You can download a chart at ftp://24.13.127.140.
73, John K9EL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Lord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:41 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Weird rotor happenings. Dear Bob, Very strange indeed, for what its worth I just checked him on all bands 15m through 40m and DX4WIN V6.04 gave me same beam heading (137) for each frequency! Importand thing is, did you work him?? Aftery tring for hours yesterday, I at last got him SSB on 15m about one hour ago, he was only 34 but he gave me 59! Good luck and 73's de Tony G8DQZ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 March 2005 12:41 To: [email protected] Subject: [Dx4win] Weird rotor happenings. While chasing FT5XO on the various bands I got quirky antenna headings. On 15 and 20 meters short path and long path were the correct headings. When I went to 30 and 40 meters, short path was correct but long path ended up around 30 degrees, 300 degrees off. Anyone have an answer for this? Bob, W3PT _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win _______________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
