Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may only be audible to fairly close stations unless there's a serious band opening.
Wayne N6KR On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote: > Hello Kevin, > > Trust that all is well with you. > > It crossed my mind that if your QTH is off the back of Doug's W7RDP/ > B Moxon > and you are some distance apart, you might not hear his XG3 beacon > because > of the large f/b ratio that is typical of a Moxon. For example one > of my > wire 40m beams was a Moxon and was back on to Continental Europe > (DLs, Is > and such), and its f/b was a good 30ish db depending on the angle of > arrival > of the Eu signals. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > > Kevin Rock > On June 21, 2011 at 22:06 Z, Kevin Rock wrote > >> I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal >> loop >> and on my G5RV. No signals at all except for one birdie. >> Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
