I've been playing around with diversity mode on 40m - having just put up a vertical off to the side of a horizontal dipole.
I have to say, listening to 40m is a delight with diversity turned on - CW and Phone signals just float around in space when you're wearing the headphones - very 3D. I haven't been playing with it long enough to tell whether its going to assist copy or not - but certainly an interesting effect and preferable to how it was before. Anyway, the real reason for the vertical was to get a bit more RX traction on 7.076 JT65a - looks like I need to put out more radials because the dipole is still winning by a few db. So, I'm presuming that in DATA-A mode, each antenna is effectively being heard on respective L & R channels on the line-out jack? It looks that way, just want to confirm that it's the same as what's coming through the headphones. I've also set up a macro in HRD to send !BEFF to the rig which, according to previous posts, combines the audio in diversity mode. Having done that, I had this sneaking feeling that I was copying (decoding) better - but it could be wishful thinking and needs proper testing, not just playing around. When I say decoding better - it's not just a matter of dBs, it's a matter of the reception holding together for a full 48 seconds in each minute through QRM & QRN. Anyone else out there tried diversity in DATA-A? rgds, Julian VK4CMV PS: Any news on when VOX is going to be implemented on a per-mode basis, ie. DATA-A vs Phone? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Diversity-Mode-DATA-A-tp6481155p6481155.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
