I am sure you will get lots of input on this - but my experience makes me think that this is due to the angle the signals are coming in from. I often think openings near my sunrise have a higher angle than normal and have found my beverages lose directivity and don't compete well with the TX antenna. At a previous QTH - I would sometimes find a low dipole buried in a small ravine was my best RX antenna. Another indicator that a high angle was a play.
Tree N6TR On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 8:09 AM Ignacy Misztal <[email protected]> wrote: > Lately when I worked a VK on 160m, the transmit antenna antenna heard > better than beverages. In other cases with the VKs, the beverages were > better but not by much. I am wondering why this is the case. Beverages make > a big difference to other directions. > > The transmit antenna is 100ft shunt-fed tower with beam on top, and 36 > radials. Beverages are 500-600 ft about 7 ft up in 7 directions, all but > S. > > Ignacy, NO9E > QTH GA > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
