Terry My tower is 116 high , plus 10 ft of mast with a top hat, and the HWF. I never had any problem on 80m because the antenna is too long and near 1/2 wave vertical for 80m, my Vertical WF is 60 ft
Jerry The new mode FT8 is not all that new, actually, there are several aspects to consider, like detect the signal, decode the signal detected, make a decision to accept the decoded signal. The impr
What is CCW? Amateur Radio Coherent CW was invented by Ray Petit, W7GHM. He is also the inventor of Clover now manufactured by HAL Communications. The first amateur QSO was by Andy McCaskey, WA7ZVC u
Wes you're right The SAL is a good antenna, any directivity increases signal to noise ratio. The RDF is 2 to 3 bd better than the vertical antenna, it means the improvement on signal to noise ratio i
Jay The SAL is only one electrical equivalent loop with 9 db RDF, the Waller Flag has 2 flags in phase with 11.5 db RDF. It is not on the same class. Sorry but I am been honest here, both antennas ne
Hi Dave , Bob and Jay Fist of all thanks Dave and Bob to bring this discussion to the high level technical discussion this group is used to, and my public sincere apologize my friend Jay for my emoti