Mike.. Not Exactly Accurate ! I have been in 'Pile Ups' on 6M..many
S9+++ while Locals with Verticals 'Can hear a few Loud Ones'.. and I can
hear 'All of Em' !
I have worked 20 - 30 while locals tell me later.. they heard that 'One
Strong One but just in the noise' ! H vs V may not make a difference at
25mi.. but 'Sure the He!! does when you stretch it out' ! I have
chatted with W6's at S9+++ and locals were asking on 2M FM who I was
talking to, as they could barely hear another stn ! Maybe V - V works..
maybe V - H does.. but 6M.. 'H - H' !! 73
Jerry
VE6CPP
DN39or
On 2/6/2017 23:54, Mike (KA5CVH) Urich wrote:
Here's a non-scientific antidote to all this. A local ham ~25 miles
away tried to tell me there was no way we could work each other on SSB
since his antenna was horizontal and all I had at the time was a GP-9
vertical. I said ... try ... it was not a problem. I even had him
turn his yagi the other direction ... he could still hear me. not as
well of course but could hear me. I think that he must have scratched
his head for a month over this.
he too had fallen prey to tales from the spin doctor crypt.
_______________________________________________
VHFcontesting mailing list
VHFcontesting@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/vhfcontesting
|