Lee, No one's mentioned the "Spotlight" phenomenon, which occasionally happens on 160. The signal comes shining down from the "upper layers" and illuminates a very small area. Stations lucky enough to be in the covered spot get to work the DX. Everyone else, well...
Can't remember where I read about this, but it would mean that your being 250 miles from the other station might place you well out of the covered area. You'd never hear the DX, regardless of how many antennas you had. Brad KV5V On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Mike Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. Thanks. > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Lee STRAHAN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ... Bear in mind the fact that one can never have enough receiving > > antennas at any given time. The ionosphere is a fickle beast at best. > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
