Hi Pete,
Most entities needed to finish your first 100 entities for DXCC are northeast of you. Your best receiving antenna should be in that direction. The remaining directions in order of importance for achieving your first 100 entities are: South, West and East. Is it possible to install a small array of short verticals at your QTH? Verticals are excellent building blocks for receiving antennas because -- unlike loops-- they naturally have a broad deep null at high angles. A 160 meter receiving 4-square can be built with verticals as short as 20 feet and can be built with 80 foot sides, or even smaller. 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <[email protected]> To: "topband reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 4:51:55 PM Subject: Topband: Which 4 directions? I'm planning to build and deploy 4 receiving antennasfor 160M this summer - some mix of BOGs, K9AYs, etc.Question is, where would you aim them, from a QTH 60 miles NW of Washington DC. My main objective is to finish my 160M DXCC, now hovering at 72 worked. The quantitative constraint is due to the switching system I have in place. -- 73, Pete N4ZR Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com. For spots, please go to your favorite ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
