The riveting experience I draw on is one particular IOTA contest where our group was operating as N4A on Core Banks, NC. The bands were full of signals in the early afternoon, including stuff on 40 from Europe really before the band was quite open.
I was walking around with a battery Elecraft K2/10. The AGC was off and the RF gain set to show contrast between levels. Walking back away from the water's edge about 400 feet would cause the weak EU to drop out, while US and Caribbean seemed unaffected. The advantage at the water's edge was simply startling. I showed it to others in our group and they had the same impression. 73, Guy K2AV On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Tom W8JI <[email protected]> wrote: > My point is if no one else is on, we really don't how other signals would > be. It's like a drag race with just one car, or a pony show with one horse. > > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
