Topband: Laser distance meters

2021-06-05 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
I am considering replacing my 100 meter tape measures with a Bosch GLM400CL laser distance meter to use for laying out my next 160 meter circular array. I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this model or any other models that work to a range of 100 meters. (That spec eliminates the

Re: Topband: Skewed path on 6m. (for those who also work 6m....)

2021-06-05 Thread W3HKK
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

Re: Topband: Interesting observation and comment (Skewed Path Vs. Horizontal/Vertical Polarization)

2021-06-05 Thread Bill Tippett
23 years ago (!) I wrote: K9LA wrote: >*And another thing that clouds the issue - many of our antennas have a * >*response to the other polarization. For example, Beverages respond to * >*horizontal polarization off the side. * Very true! In fact, noticing signals on my Beverage system that