aints from
knees, hips back and shoulders. But its still fun and a thrill to work
far away places, provided by George and other DXers. And it helps keep
me feeling young, if only for a few hours at a time.
Bob, W3HKK ( since 1956)
ex: F7AL, ON8UD, 5A3TG, 5A3TG/SM7, one of the operators at 5A1TV,
9G1
by our contact today. ( also
an indication that good midwestern soil supports 160m antennas rather
well.)
QRN was S5-9, averaging S7, and you were punching right thru it!
Bon voyage,
Bob W3HKK (since 1956)
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Tough sailing.
W3HKK since 1956
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a Saturday, I sent an email to the utility summarizing the RFI
problem, identifying the location of both sources (of their energy
loss), and volunteering my services to work with their engineers when
they come out.
Last time they came out within a week or so. TBC
Bob W3HKK
Thanks to all for the gold mine of interesting commentary, articles,
on Noise, webSDR, operating practices, which Ive saved to my files!
Proving once again that the TopBand website is Top notch!
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Great to hear ur recording of B7P on 160m popping thru the noise, even
if I am 2500 miles further east Hi Hi.
This thread implies that Life in China comes with huge QRM-powerline
noise, which makes a lot of sense. So the Chinese ops flock to 10m.
Most of the ones I worked with my home brew Moxon
Brutal QRN! Been lucky here in the country, have only had rare
occasions of heavy QRN. When I call the utility they come out within a
few weeks and I help them track it down. Usually an arcing lightning
arrestor on top of a pole. Thats a lot of their AC going to ground so
it behooves them to clear
In the past year Ive seen my 10-15-20m Chinese qso totals skyrocket
from essentially zero to 13 in last weekends WPX.
Was hoping some of those guys might discover 160, and that the good
success on 10m isnt all propagation and/or license-class related.
Just dabbled in the WPX contest looking for Asian stations on 10m, and
worked a phenominal ( for me) 13 of them!
The big question is: Are there any being heard on Top Band these days?
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Rate decent. Activity moderate during the evening hours I was on. Did
work KH6, PJ2T and ZF. Not so much into 6/7/0 land.
QRN was an issue.
Jumped in around 0300z but heard no EU.
Tried again pre SR 0900z but that was a slow go.
Finished with 110 Qs in 3 hrs with 76 unique GS's. in 5 dx
are outstanding places to operate vertical antennas. your
local soil conditions are a bit more complex, but can still produce
high ground water levels.
W3HKK uses a 1/4 wave INV-L with 26 radials of assorted lengths ( due
to property line issues) and consisting of anything from #17 Al fence
wire to #12 solid
.
Breaking pileups to work Nepal Fri night and Thailand Sunday afternoon
on 20m, along with working ZD7/CB0/3D2 back to back to back Sun
morning on 40m were other highlights.
The antenna farm at W3HKK consists of all wire antennas:
160m INV-L
80m INV-L
40m 2 el vert phased array ( also used on 15m
Put in 4 hours this year. QRN and lack of DX plus a sore back made
cndx less than exciting here in Ohio.
Came on a few times Fri night but QRN was moderately heavy ( S5-7)
masking the DX I was hoping for, so went to bed early.
Sat night I saw multiple spots for EU early, but the few I could hear
That's a good question - especially since it relates to your arid soil
- vs my "average" Midwest soil here in Ohio.
Ive done no pattern calculations.
But based on 15 years of reading and personal observations with my 1/4
wave INV-L ( that has grown ( vertically through a black walnut tree)
from
And miraculous on 160m! Yet I worked two mobiles in the latest Stew
Perry Contest. Amazing ops!
Also, over the years Ive enjoyed qsos with mobile cw ops who were
driving to and from work. Never ceases to amaze me how they crank out
the cw at 30 wpm while driving through traffic. Really fun guys
Moved onto 3 rural acres about 14 yrs ago. Only had one (15') tree on
the whole property, AND I had sold my yagis and tower about five years
earlier. So I went with monoband GPs on 40-30-20-17-10.
All were 9-10 ft above ground and used 4 elevated radials.
I borrowed a used 4BTV, set it up with
FB copy here in the Columbus, OH area, Rob. Solid 579 at around 0730z
( from memory)
Band was quiet from EU and S.A. but good to W6-W7-VE6/7 land when we
worked.
W3HKK station: IC7610-ACOM amp-52' vertical leg, sloping to 12 ft at
the eastern end with my 1/4 wave INV-L + 26 radials. & SAL3
XYL has been in a moving furniture mood for several months. Fri she
had the visiting son in law move the home entertainment
center/TV/furniture. So Ive been trying to find the right wires for
the right speakers/devices ever since. A couple HDMI cables are too
short due to the chosen furniture
Much appreciated!
Bob
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log twice for that contest. Which explains the second one. Wonder if
he's related to K1KI.
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Glad I was "almost" spotted. Saw quite a few erroneous spots in the
contest due to the less than stellar conditions, myself.
I see we havent worked yet this yeartime is running out but the
10M this weekend is a good place to remedy that.
Bob
off by one letter...an "S" instead of a
"H," no less.)
Bob, W3HKK
PS While 160 has been more often poor than good here of late, the
first night of the CQWWDX-CW test was excellent into EU, around their
SR. It was such a pleasant surprise I stayed on the band for several
hour
rrow will be
the
> best and you will have saved the best for last. :) I'll be in the
Ohio
> window from 1130-1215z looking to find out.
>
> Will this be your last stop before heading home, or are more stops
> still planned?
>
> Bon voyage
>
> Bob - W3HKK
>
>
and the trend continues, tomorrow will be the
best and you will have saved the best for last. :) I'll be in the Ohio
window from 1130-1215z looking to find out.
Will this be your last stop before heading home, or are more stops
still planned?
Bon voyage
Bob - W3HKK
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George, you built up out of the noise to a nice 579 at around 1130z
and remained strong til our sunrise at c. 1200z. You faded out by
1210z.
Heard an impressive pile up of callers between 1 to 3 khz up, so you
sure were in demand! :)
You replied to a lot of JAs and so were clearly hearing them
George, your quite the physical specimen! Good luck getting set up.
Will be listening an hour before Ohio sunrise.. 1100z.-1200z
Also, FWIW, 10m had a huge BY opening last night around z. Saw
four BA-BH-BI spots, copied three and worked all three. So we seem to
be having excellent
Hello George. Hope you can fit it into your Pacific Adventures.
PS Was that you who said "Hello Bob" during the CQWW on 10m ssb this
past weekend? Dont recall the call sign. Took me by surprise
Bob W3HKK
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was good enough to work Bhutan and Bouvet over the past 3 years, but
the pickings are slim, esp with the many vacation like /digital
dxpeditions.
W3HKK is 95% cw, 4% ssb and
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Walnut tree.
TNX George for a new band and QSOs with W3HKK, W8TNX and WW8OH as you
live the Good Life in the South Pacific, and take the time to share it
with us!
Bob Elek
W3HKK/W8TNX
ex: F7AL-5A3TG-9G1GS-ON8UD-W3HKK/PY8 (Belem, Para on the Amazon),
W3HKK/PS7 (Natal
Tnx for the many replies on NVIS.
My last qth had a 95 ft tall Buckeye tree. On a lark I stealthily shot
a 135' wire over top ( sort of an inverted J) and had a ball on 160m
in the contests .
Modest Antenna:
Then I retired to three acres with one small 15 ft tall tree. (I had
previously sold
Been working on NVIS antennas for the OHQP this Sat but had a major
malfunction just when all antennas seemed ready to go. Then last night
we had 2" of rain from a series of thunderstorms with high QRN. (which
appear to now be moving away from central Ohio.)
Thanks for the tip on E51D. I will set
Been using a SAL 30 with good success but would like more Euro QSOs in
the 160m contests.
I dont have enough room for a 600'+ Beverage. Alas my yard is a
200'x700' rectangle running E-W, with the house in the middle ( ~300'
of yard behind the house and 300 ft in front.)
So I have a problem
I stepped up to a keyer from my Lightning Bug in the early 90s' but
could never get the hang of both. My fist kept wanting to do the bug
thing. And so I found a keyer exceedingly frustrating and sold it.
Now Im either keyboarding or using the bug ( which I find best for rag
chewing).
Bob
W3HKK
Got started in 1956 as a novice using a mil surplus straight key (J-47
if I recall correctly - its around here someplace. ) Then as a general
got a Lightning Bug for Christmas and used that for 2-3 decades. Then
purchased a new one about 20 years ago and still use it, but less
since I received a
I looked for George for the 3rd straight day on 160, but no copy.
However there he was on 3527.5 at 1107z, with a very nice 579 sig and
I quickly put him in the log. Well after my sunrise hr in Ohio I saw
spots for him on 160 cw from several West Coast US stations.
Havent heard a dx station on
I avoided the traps and tuning struggles by erecting separate 1/4 wave
INV-L's ( one for 160m and one for 80m.). Then drove one 8 ft ground
rod into this midwest farm soil ( moderate conductivity) and
supplemented that with 26 radials for 160m only. ( lengths between
30-130 ft depending on
( 1140z) but nothing
heard from FO.
Did you guys hear anything stateside?
Bob W3HKK
nr Columbus, OH
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Those are motivating numbers! You must have been might tired to fall
asleep with so many callers. :)
I started on 160 but only worked a couple of Caribbean stations.
Nothing copied from EU so I migrated to 80 ( not much) then 40, and
finally to modulate the pillow.
Last October I built a home
Sunday morning to EU: 0600-0700z put 13 euros in the log during RUN
mode.
But with just 10 hrs OTA I didnt get a good snapshot of what other
times EU was coming through.
K9YC-Jim: thanks for pulling me out. Ours was one of the most
challenging qsos of the night for some reason. Next season I
Not so many Euros into Ohio in the same 2200-0200z time frame. But as
the evening wore one , a few more were heard, but still tough sledding
to work them. Many QRZ's and my partial call heard but then they
reverted to CQing giving up on trying to pull me through.
Now this year for the second
Noticed what sounded like a below average number of stations on the
air last night. BUT heard a couple dozen Euros on from 2200z-z
which was a pleasant surprise. However, it was very tough to make it
through the European QRM they were hearing. Things got a bit better
later in the evening, but
Only DX station heard was VK6LC, and he was mostly buried in the
noise. Not strong enough to call. Several strong stateside stations
were heard but no-one else.
Maybe tomorrow?
Bob
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Thanks for a very enjoyable thread with multiple real-world examples
of the remarkable benefits of proximity to salt water. Sounds like
great fun.
My own less-interesting case does not involve salt water, but does
involve my 52 ft vertical leg 1/4 wave radial INV-L out in the
backyard here in
work, only 994. Propagation had to be very selective. C6AGU was
consistently
20 - 24 dB on the W3LPL RBN, but not heard at W3HKK. At the same
time, EU
stations were causing QRM on the RX antenna, which is 10 dB down
towards EU.
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We normally make 1300 Q-s in this contest. This year, with a lot of
hard
work, only 994. Propagation had to be very selective. C6AGU was
consistently
20 - 24 dB on the W3LPL RBN, but not heard at W3HKK. At the same
time, EU
stations w
Interesting comments!
I specifically listened at my SR but heard no JA's.
Also typically in this contest at certain hours I get a steady stream
of W6, W7 replies - many surprisingly strong. This time it was less
than 20. The West was fairly sparse, there were many cracks in the QRM
wall, and it
Had a check up last week and the doc recommended a flu shot. So I got
one. Then on the day before the 160 contest, sure enough, I got the
flu! Lacked the energy to participate in Day 1, but heard that not
much Euro dx was coming through.
Sat night I was feeling better so I got on for 7 hours.
Good to hear from you Nick.
Here in Ohio, W3HKK worked 160-10m. ( on all bands I worked one
Russian, confirming your observations.) Also worked a handful of
northern europeans ( SM LA OH) - just a fraction of their normal
levels. Nothing heard from zones 17-18-19, or from 22-23-24-26-28
Thank you Alfeo. Ive been looking for you on 160/80m cw. Will listen
for you beginning tonight Nov 17/18 on 1826 and 3527!
Good luck with your low band propagation.
Mille grazie!
Bob W3HKK
Ex: F7AL-ON8UD-5A3TG-9G1GS-W3HKK/PY8, W3HKK/PS7
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Woke up just before SR, staggered into the shack, and heard HL5IVL
peaking 569 but with deep QSB. Fired up the amp and called Kim four
times - all with no replies. Disappointed, wondering what was wrong, I
happened to notice the rig was connected to the dummy load. But by
that time, the sun was
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Thanks to your post I got on 160 at 0230z last night and heard Karel
CQDXing. With my 52 ft tall, 0.25 wave Inv-L working against a single
ground rod ( all 28 radials were still coiled up and hanging from a
walnut tree- the same tree that supports my 52 ft tall x1.5" mast made
of 4 ft sections of
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..woke up about 30 mins before my SR and heard nothing on 160m. No
sigs. . Then saw a spot for VK9NT and went to the spotted freq. All of
a sudden a signal rose up out of the noise. Q5. Gave my call
onceand Luke came right back. Solid copy both ways. for my
#180/160 on TB.
Also spotted was
couldnt hear the VK9 this morning but others did.
No TX5
Heard the TX5 loud and clear on 7010 at 7:15am local
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Tnx Jon. THAT will encourage me to get up early.
I worked him on 10m a few days back. so he looks pretty active. and I
need Norfolk on TB.
Plus I worked an HZ in the evening on 20 LP. So some good things are
happening to tempt us away from 160.
Bob in Ohio
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Im drooling over Nodir. altho no digital here, just old fshioned
cw/ssb.
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Roger - its amazing how the SP Spring Contest brought in quite a few
F, OM, DL sigs that were strong. Plus my local sunrise CQ SP brought
back a reply from Luke, VK3HJ - NICE surprise!
But since that weekend, 160 has been quiet ( other than QRN, of
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Made just two contacts on 160 ssb during the contest. Cndx way below
those of the ARRLWWDX-cw contest. Curious how others saw the band?
Overall, even 40m was well below par to VK/ZL/JA, although 10-15
proved interesting esp to S.A. - thank you PY-boys!
Most interesting qso was with ZM4T on 20
Roger, I stopped by the shack last night to listen for sigs...heard
nothing for 15 minutes or so. til the xyl called me to watch the
Olympics.
I need to warm up the amp and put out a few CQs instead of listening.
Maybe tonight.
Bob
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Appreciate your comments Phil.
What we hear/see at one end can be very different at the other end of
a qso, no doubt. And dits hard to tell. from afar.
DPM is usually heard very well here in Ohio during 160m contests,
sometimes pounding in. QRN here is usually nonexistant on TB in DEC-
JAN and
Thanks for the tip Andy.
Here in Ohio I notice quite often when EU is coming through on 160
after our SS and until your SR, the next morning I rarely if ever hear
VK or the Pacific.
To the contrary, when I hear VK at our SR, I rarely hear EU post our
SS.
It seems What the left hand giveth, the
I try to do that, but forgot. And when I went back into Topband I
couldnt believe the list of misc garbage I had created. Like was said,
I couldnt follow the thread and read the new posts.
Hopefully this time is better.
Bob
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ong. Tho I suspect if cndx were truly good, youd have been much
louder.
All I can say is I wish I had 100 ft vertical leg on my INV-L!
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Fri night rates in Ohio were below average but open to EU. Sat night
was slow with few signals as the night progressed, and 51 dupes. :<
My 3830 summary:
W3HKK: 18:45 hrs OTA 694 Q's ( plus another 51 dupes (6.9%) that dont
count of course) =57 Sections + 36 DX entities - Score: 186,744
Roger, G3YRO: Good to work you again. But Ive been caught with my
pants down...err I mean with my radials up. Coiled up for summer
mowing but now its too cold and snowy to lay them out. So Ive been
working radial-less. The 52 ft tall 1/4 wave L with a single 8 ft
ground rod still works, but not as
Will be looking for you. Good luck in the contest!
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Direct fed at the top, with the coax braid grounded to the tower. No
radials needed.
Ive used 1/4 wave slopers for 40, 80 and 160, with towers between 48
and 66 ft tall.
On 40m dx performance was outstanding with the 48 ft tower. At 66 ft
the 40m did well and the 80m sloper did very well. The
I can only echo Jim's comments about mechanical issues with very thin
wire. I use aluminum fence wire #17 guage, and have to coil/uncoil my
radials for the mowing season. This wire works fine but tends to kink
- and breaks fairly easily when uncoiling. Once Ive used up my supply,
I'll be going
nswer was NO. So a
doubling of the antenna height ( from 4 to 8 ft) has no observable
difference in antenna performance. Id be curious what the most
reliable antenna evaluation software shows.
Bob, W3HKK
PS my SAL30 mast is mounted 4 ft above ground on land that slopes in
such a way that the lower ext
Use a 6 yr old SAL30 and it outperforms my 2 el 40m phased array by
quite a bit in its favored directions. Its my primary rx antenna for
160-80-40m.
The SAL took me up to 178/164 on 160m and was a big improvement over
the INV-L. but about the time COVID hit, my DXCC efforts plateaued.
Maybe due
40m can be pretty messy in the evenings with broad swatches of the
phone band heavily disrupted by what i understand to be OTH radar from
Cuba. that Cuba uses to block hf communications to and from CO-land.
Some nights are much better than others.
I dont have any problems on 40m cw or on other
Europe was fair here in Ohio, Andree, with a few strong sigs. Most
everyone I call I worked, but wasnt focusing on DX, since rate is King
in that contest. And propagation was very good to excellent all around
the US and VE. So your competition was indeed quite strong. I had no
issues with QRN.
Saw the comments on adding radials, so I had to comment on my
situation this year.
I didnt get around to rolling out the 27 radials ( 30'-130' long
depending on PL) yet, so I entered the ARRL 160 Contest with just my
trusty single ground rod near the base of a walnut tree.
(During lawn mowing
Sounds scary Roger. Glad you came out of it reasonably well.
( I have 52 ft of 1.5"x 4' sections of mil surplus aluminum mast ( one
by one LIFT- then INSERT the next at ground level) laid into a 40 ft
walnut tree, tied at the bottom to the tree trunk and guyed at the top
with five 3/16" cords.
Id give it a 6.5. Europe was plentiful on FRI night, but with just
fair sigs. SA-CA-Carib fair. I tried very hard to work a loud LU8 with
no success!
No Asia. No Pacific. No Africa.
Thank you KL7RA!
Station: IC7610 - ACOM 1000 - N1MM+
Antennas: SAL 30 rx antenna. 52 ft tall 1/4 wave INV-L in
Yes. Many strong Euros were coming in last night! . And many couldnt
hear me. A few heard me but only after 10+ calls did they pull out my
callsign. Luckily HP3SS gave me a new one on TB on my first call
through a moderate pile up. But the LU8 was pounding in at 579 around
1837.0 and never came
Thought for sure you would tell us a lightning arrestor on a power
pole a mile away had worn out and was in the permanent arcing
position.
A few years back a buddy and I tracked down my 59+20 noise to one of
two poles about 2000 ft west of my house. Met the local power company
boys at the pole I
I compared numbers from my Daiwa CN720B to the Bird numbers and got:
20w my Po was 3% low.
10w my Po was 5% low
5w my Po was 28% low.
Cant imagine how the below 5w numbers might compare. as the trend was
accelerating. :)
Bob
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Just had a sudden isssue of my ACOM 1000 tripping due to high swr. It
had been fine, then began an intermittent, come and go problem.
I checked the feed point for my 160 and 80m wires at the base of a 45'
tall walnut tree. Cut out some wire and replaced it. Disconnected the
current balun.
Thursday was the charm as I got them in my log ( and theirs) on
40-30-80-160 cw. Nice to see their almost instantaneous log confirming
qso's and eliminating the need to work them 2-3-4-5 times to be sure.
Nifty! They are new DXCC entities on both 80 and 160 for me.
Its hard to track their
Two nights ago they were fairly strong around 0500z on 1832 but so was
the QRN. Brutal copy.
Last night they were much better copy but again at 0500z they didnt
seem to be replying to NA stations, or any stations for that matter. I
called for 20 mins with no luck.
They also tend to QRX and QSY
Roger, Ive been at this QTH since 2009. Use #14 solid copper
(insulated) through the top corner insulator. It started out as a 20
ft tall, 1/4 wave for TB with a single ground rod and no radials. That
first winter with 100w I worked a 4X4 , an LZ, and a JA. I was
stunned.
Over the years as the
1. Had a fabulous 95 ft Buckeye tree at the rear of my last property.
After staring at it for a couple years, it got me on 160m with a 1/4
wave Inv-L (apex around 90 ft) Top Band came alive with my 100w,
producing 550 Q's on the CQWW160 SSB contest. I was hooked on TB.
2. Winds. I had $5000 worth
. Here in Ohio we are still having moderate QRN especially in the
evenings. When I get on at our SR, the VK/ZL boys are often coming
through fairly well with much less QRN.
My INV-L has a ceramic insulator at the apex, which is held in place
by 3/16" black synthetic rope of some kind ( Home Depot
I got the idea of winding some #6 or 8? solid copper wire on a pvc
coke bottle from DJ0IP's website. Now I can "play" its length to about
2-2.5 times the original, and it resonates my 1/4 wave L nicely
between the coiled radials hanging on a tree position, and the
uncoiled radials spread out
Been reading the encouraging posts. So, I got up and heard good
activity, working:
VK3HJ - ZL1AZ - VK2WR at Ohio SR and up to 20 minutes after, when the
band faded out.
Gud to hear Luke, Dennis and Adrian coming through so well, through
moderate QRN. Unusually warm temps here for mid Sep. (
Been hearing Don, VE9XX a lot lately. Worked him a couple days ago
beaming at 70 degrees.
Today he was strongest at 15 degrees ( from central Ohio.) I tried
five times to point the 5 el yagi at anywhere between 0 and 90 degrees
but always heard him best at 15 degrees .
BTW, Don reports many
sosunds like you may have power line noise which wont go away, but may
vary with weather.
I had similar problems which I tracked down with an AM radio, and
driving along the roads around my house til I located the likely
culprit, a continuously arcing lightning arrestor on a pole about 0.7
miles
Andy you were coming in head over heels above any other Euro last
night. I CQ'd but all my RBN reports were on the weak side. So maybe
it was a bit of one way skip.
However, this morning at SR I was getting good signal reports from
HL/VK. So westerly signals were doing better than easterly ones?
Been a long winter of very very few openings to VK, nothing much to
the Far Pacific, and a smattering of JA/HL/UA0's. Europe has been
pretty consistent post sunset, esp around 0300z and again at Euro SR.
But no new countries. However there sure is a reliable group of ops
that show up many nights
Very helpful comments Tom. Mni tnx.
I have a 52 ft INV-L that I cant get any higher. and was thinking
about converting it to a T.
The current L with 26 radials does great in 160 contests, and pretty
good on the valued DX qsos, but have been tempted to convert it to
what I understand to be a much
around 559 on peaks here in central Ohio. Also heard a central Euro
stations about the same.
Not great but at least making the haul. Will listen again tonight.
Bob
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Here in central Ohio ( nr Columbus) , Fri night was quite good from EU
with strong sigs from SW and Eastern EU. but no Scandanavia! The
on-going high speed solar wind disrupted the northern latitudes..
Wkd G3TRO-DR5X-OT4A with strong sigs. ( 800w to 17m tall 1/4 wave
INV-L + 26 radials and SAL30
Fri night from 9:30- midnight was terrific on 160 from the Columbus OH
area. ( Its always surprising how spotty the openings are, however.
But the fickle spotlight keeps moving around, thank heavens. ) . Each
tune of the band found a handful of new ones, at very soslid copy
levelsworked 82
Its so good Im thinking about getting the 4 square version.:)
-From: "Jorge Diez - CX6VM"
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Sent: Thursday February 4 2021 4:17:25PM
Subject: Re: Topband: W0FLS: "hi rx antenna" is...
that´s
a High Z array of typically 4-8 short verticals that give RDF'a of c.
13 dblifting almost anybody out of the noise.
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