I think there is one more intriguing possibility for improving receive
capability, Jim. That is the horizontal Waller flag antenna (HWF) that
N4IS is often touting. That is on my bucket list to try, but I probably
won't get around to it before I retire. Of course, one of the curses of
improving receive is that you end up hearing even more stations that
can't hear you 🙁. Option (B), switching to FT8, helps with that. In Feb
2019, XX9D was very loud here in southern California on 160 CW
(literally armchair speaker copy). They simply couldn't hear me through
all their local QRN. I had to settle for an FT8 contact. A CW contact
would have required option (A), higher EIRP, which if done passively via
higher TX antenna gain, is anything but a passive undertaking.
73, Mike W4EF..................
On 6/13/2026 6:31 AM, jim.thom jim.thom--- via Topband wrote:
The only options I see here are:
(A) increase TX power....... " ant's by Eimac"
(B) FT-8
(C) Remote receivers.
(D) throw in the towel
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