Dear all, as a member of the next TT8TT expedition I assure you that a special care will be taken in logging as much as possible on topband and 80m. In the last expedition in Africa the major problem was the weak signal, the noise was not so much struggling us but some storms were in the area. In Ivory Coast we got the best results by using the transmitting antenna to receive too, it was a vertical wire hanged to palm three dropping to the lagoon, with the radials in the water. The beverage and the DHDL were useless, just a loop and the vertical gave reasonable result.
In Tchad we know there is not enough land to lay a beverage, therefore we are ready with the stuff to rise a loop and a DHDL (of course, the wire for a beverage is in our bag, just in case...). We are planning to bring a W7IUW pre-amplifier (I just drop an email to Elecraft to know about the relevant connection to the rig) hoping to rise the signal level. Any suggestion is appreciated. Best 73, Alfeo I1HJT One of TT8TT crew Il 18/09/2012 14.12, Mike Greenway ha scritto:
If you still need TT on Topband, as I do, please go to http://www.i2ysb.com/joomla5/ and vote in their band needed survey to show you need them on 160. Often the AF expeditions will shy away from Topband stating “too much QRN” but hopefully this one will hang in there. 73 Mike K4PI _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
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