Pete and all:
A couple years after the original article, I began recommending adding 4 or 8
radials if the ground rod alone did not provide a good pattern. The radials
need to extend a bit beyond the loop wires' footprint. 21 ft should be OK.
My own loops have always worked with just a ground
Adding four cheap 3/8" 4-ft TV ground rods--one at each of the ends of
each of the 21 foot radials-- did the trick. The lone ground rod at the
hub was not enough. Now have good deep nulls in all 4 quadrants.. Adding
four more radials didn't seem to improve things as much as the first set of
Lee
I agree with you, a vertical array in a quiet place works very well, I
remember our friend Dale. The 8 circle array has almost 13 db RDF and can
hear better than the WF with 11.5db RDF.
The issue is city lot with tons of noise from everywhere. Small back yard
with all cables tower and other
JC thanks for helping Jamie,
I agree with most things you have pointed out however I must take issue with
you on never use plastic boxes. I have used plastic boxes on my arrays for
many years now and it has been very successful. The decision to use a
plastic box or not depends mostly on the
I have 2x6 switch at the tower, that the inv l feeds thru, choosing a different
antenna makes no difference in the noise level, but I suspect there is more to
detuning it than just disconnecting it.
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> On Nov 14, 2018, at 4:00 PM, wrote:
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> If you want your
Hi Jaime
The only way to really improve signal to noise ratio is with directivity.
Better directivity better signal to noise ratio. Everything else is just
less deterioration or more deterioration. The only thing that makes a
difference is how narrow the front lobe really is.
Your 40m array plus
I'm plagued with local noise, I live in a sub division, and have a small loet
(80x180), 2 yrs ago, I tried a reversible EWE and had pretty good sucess with
it, last year I tried a HI-Z 3L, and wasnt really any better than the EWE. I
put the EWE up again this season, and its so-so, but have
I‘m about 160 miles NE of Jim WS6X and was on last night at the same time
as he was.
Like Jim, I had no problems working R3LA or LZ1PM.LZ1PM Was holding
court for a long time last night! I barely had a QSO with Roger G3YRO,
and I was just about to give up when he got my call right.
This morning from - 0230 (Tuesday evening, local) conditions were
interesting here in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Early on I copied
numerous Western EU working NP2J, and F6ARC was his usual beacon strength.
Around 0200 I heard R3LA with a big signal and immediately turned on the
linear.
Hi All
Thanks for all the observations as to how things look at your specific
locations. It has made fascinating reading during what has been a slow period
- relatively speaking.
As we all know, 160m defies simplistic analysis - and even after some 40 years
on the band, I NEVER know exactly
Hi,
the article about fishnet is here (including the beacon/drift nets):
https://160mband.blogspot.com/2015/07/drift-nets-fishing-beacons.html
https://160mband.blogspot.com/2015/07/160m-band-beacons-list.html
Hope it helps,
73 - Petr, OK1RP
On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, at 10:54 AM, Paul Mclaren
In Scandinavia freq´s above 1824 are the best. No fishnet beacons there.
Carl
Den ons 14 nov. 2018 kl 10:54 skrev Paul Mclaren :
> I hadn't seen it mentioned but here in NW EU the continuous dashes from
> Fish Net beacons can be a pain at times.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul MM0ZBH
>
> On Wed, 14 Nov
I hadn't seen it mentioned but here in NW EU the continuous dashes from
Fish Net beacons can be a pain at times.
Regards
Paul MM0ZBH
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 08:55, Petr Ourednik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> an old article here:
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>
Hi,
an old article here:
https://160mband.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-forbidden-dx-frequencies-table-on.html
73 - Petr, OK1RP
On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, at 1:54 AM, Saulius Zalnerauskas wrote:
> Thanks,
> How about JA?
> 1810-1824.9
> Where is better not CQ?
> Sam LY5W
> Just back home from W6
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