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Re: Topband: directional receive and contests

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Subject: Re: Topband: directional receive and contests
From: Merv Schweigert <k9fd@flex.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:06:13 -1000
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Agree with Jim, Eric hears me when most others have their "ears" super glued
to EU and never change directions.

The best station I have ever worked was K9DX when he had up his arrays and remote set ups, he would hear me before my sunset and come back with the transmit array
my direction with S9 signals,
I dont know how he switched receive arrays but he could be working EU and with my one call come back to my weak signal. I could call an hour and others would never listen
this direction.
I have heard a thousand excuses as to why etc, but it all comes down to operator ability, so kudos to these guys who have the hardware and know how to use it.

73 Merv K9FD/KH6

On Mon,12/28/2015 9:18 AM, Eric NO3M wrote:
What I have found to work well

Pay attention to everything Eric says, and take a look at his web page showing his RX antenna farm. Eric consistently has the best ears on the band! In the 4-5 years I've been working QRP on 160M, only once has Eric failed to hear me, and he usually hears me within the first 15-20 seconds that I begin calling. And I'm nearly always in the direction opposite from the dominant opening to his QTH. He's the only guy that far east I can work mid-evening -- for everyone else, I must wait for late evening and sunrise openings.

73, Jim K9YC
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