You can put me in that group as well. Here are just two recent examples. VE3MGY 2018 ARRL 160 -1001 QSOs - QSOs Received on TX antenna alone - 996 (99.5 %)
VE3MGY 2019 CQ160CW - 938 QSOs - QSOs Received on TX antenna alone - 930 (99.1%) I usually run diversity in which case I will have a couple of beverages, Inverted V, or loop in one ear to choose from and the Inverted L in the other ear but if it's relatively quiet on the L ( S1-S2 ) I will just stay there at times. I needed RX antennas more at the previous two QTHs but here not so much ( at least not yet... ) In any case every QTH is different so YMMV... 73, Brian VE3MGY ________________________________ From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Mike Waters <[email protected]> Sent: July 25, 2019 2:16 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: topband <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: RFI on TB I'm with you both, never rule out your vertical! During one ARRL 160 contest a few years ago, conditions were such that I used my inverted-L over 90% of the time *even though I had two 580' switchable-direction Beverages*. Signals at my central USA location were coming in from all directions. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com<http://www.w0btu.com> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:13 PM Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Ed, never rule it out. Me, I > tried beverages over my available space > (Salt marsh with phragmites everywhere) > and they were more than worthless in this > specific location. I think between the > proximity to salt water and the dry leaves > making static, the beverages were much > louder than my L. > > I tried several Rx options and the 3 > element HI-Z triangular was my first > genuine success for low band Rx. Loved > them so much I bought an 8 element and now > use the 8 & 3 for diversity with the K3s. > Best choice I made. > > There are times though when I listen to > the transmit antenna and hear a specific > signal the best. Very rare, but it > happens. > > Just my 2 pence. > > 73, Gary KA1J > > > I use beverage "almost" all the time for receive on 160M. However, > > there are times, clearly a minority, when listening on my phased array > > of 2 verticals is better. When conditions are super quiet in the > > winter and signals are weak from a very distant station. Don't rule > > out your Transmit antenna all the time. > > > > 73 > > Ed N1UR > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
