It's funny that you mention this today as I was going to post something about it as well. I got to try diversity receiving yesterday and what a world of difference in copying through QSB.
Like last year, I'm operating portable out in a tent gazebo in my front yard again this summer. I threw up a 66' doublet fed with ladderline in a tree around 35' up. As I was operating Saturday, I was continually frustrated at not being able to copy very well through some slow QSB on 40m and 30m. I was operating QRP as were my contacts. On Sunday I decided to try diversity receiving by using a 350' spool of 14g wire I had sitting around. So I stretched it down the side of my lot about 4-5' above the ground in the trees and brush and plugged it into the RF IN port. Admittedly being short for a good beverage antenna, I was absolutely amazed at how well I could copy weak signal CW. Whether fast or slow QSB, I could hear the signal float between my ears and it was always there. I would wait for slow QSB and turn off diversity and hear the sig fade. I also found it more pleasurable to listen as well. With narrower DSP filtering, diversity did not sound as harsh or ringing with all the QRN we had here over the weekend. I will continue to play with it through the summer, but I am a firm believer in diversity receiving. I will more than likely look at other, more permanent receiving antenna solutions for the fall when I have to move back indoors. I am by no means a contester of any sort (I'm still working on getting my code speed reasonable) but I can see how it would be very beneficial for contesting and weak signal work. Yes, thanks Elecraft for getting a rookie to try something new and have fun using it! 73, Dave W8FGU Bill Tippett wrote: > 2009 ARRL DX CW results are just out and I set a new US record for > SOSB/160. Final result was 428 Qs by 79 mults and the closest > multi-multi was K1XM with 430 by 76 (at W1FJ using a 4-square on salt > water). > > Thank you Elecraft for diversity...I'll never use any rig without it! > > 73, Bill W4ZV > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
