Hello all,
This past weekend was amazing. Here at my powerful station I usually have a
10-15 min window to JA during the ARRL 160 and CQ 160. This weekend I was
hearing JAs from about 1200Z to past 1400Z.
It seemed liked there weren't many people working the contest, on most bands
there was 1 or 2 kHz between stations, but I picked up about 5 new ones on 160
(up to 49 worked). If there was more activity I think the left coast could have
worked a lot of Asian countries.
The new receiving loop worked VERY WELL with the JAs as loud on it as on the L.
It is a diamond loop attached to my wooden fence, between the 8 foot spaced
posts and top/bottom rails. It is fed at the bottom about 6" off the ground and
tuned to 160 with a trimmer. I also have a matching transformer and coax balun
on the feed line. The fence runs right toward 300-degrees. I have another
similar loop about 60 feet down the line I'm going to play with phasing.
Rick Darwicki -= N6PE =-
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17775 Elmhurst Circle
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
http://www.qsl.net/n6pe/
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