John, the Diamond they used is quite similar to the Pemnant... 73 de Guido, ik2bcp
Il giorno 19/mar/2015, alle ore 15:39, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> ha scritto: > I am not sure what supplies that you have available in the Republic of > Congo. A Pennant should fit in your operating area. It is pretty easy to > build and it is not ground dependent. > > John KK9A > > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Topband: 9Q0HQ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Reply-to: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, we are doing our best effort on the low bands. Being at the > end > of the rain season, there is a storm almost every day in the afternoon.The > soil > here is very dark and moist, often we need to tune the high band antennas as > the resonance shifts according to water content.On low bands the noise from > static is high, 7 - 9 on 80 and 160. It is a little better when we are > close to > the sunrise.On top band we use a inverted L and on 80m a vertical with a > parasite reflector.We have the feeling that ous signal is strong enough > but the > major problem is our capability to cautch the signals out of the noise. We > used > a DHDL for few days, no big help. Yesterday we change with a Diamond, no > better > result. We still use the verticals on receiving as it grants the better > result > in spite of the noise.I am afraid that a beverage would not help us due to > the > soil propriety. Also, there is no enough room to lay a 200m beverage.We are > rather limitaded in resources (wires, cables) as it > is no easy and fast to find the stuff locally.I kindly ask for your > suggestion to improve our receiving capability. > Best 73 > (sorry for my bad English!) > Alfeo I1HJT 9Q0HQ crew > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
