OK, I'm going to ask what may seem if not stupid, but an obvious question. After over six years contesting with single-element antennas, now that I have a beam, I don't always know where to turn it.
Bill, I will be interested in learning what other folks who know a whole lot more than me have to say about your question, but I'd say that you should start in the obvious directions. That is, toward
Not as easy as it seems, eh? ;-) Entirely possible. Depends on the propagation mode. For good ol' normal F-layer skip, just pointing toward the great circle bearing normally works. But, sometimes (of
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 16:31:53 -0500
Bill... Put a simple 2nd antenna that is multi directional,like a dipole/vertical. If you can't make the qso then turn the beam. This is what many of the people who do SO2R do... Jeff
Follow the sun is effective, as you said. Remember that in the summer/spring months propagation will get wierd and will do a lot of strange things. I also suggest a non directional (as compared to a
When I only had a short tower, I had to make do with a simple dipole as the 2nd antenna. Now that the tower is a little taller (70ft), the second antenna fixed SE sure makes the slower times more pro
That's where I started. However, with a tribander at 50 feet, you can't always hear EU or JAs -- or perhaps they can't hear you. If the skip is short, like late afternoon on 20m, due north works well
I did some of that on Sunday, hitting the 80m dipole to work carribean and south american stations on 10m. Seemed to work OK. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a th
I agree! After using the arrangement at NQ4I's on 20m/15m/10m, the short beam pointing around 160-170 degrees is great! Allows you to pick up those carribean / south american stations without having
The European "skew" path may also be open when the direct path is closed at the end of an opening, particularly on 20 meters. I made a lot of contacts stateside from NQ4I this past weekend backscatte
Author: ku8e at bellsouth.net (ku8e@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:14:43 -0500
W4AN is sure right about working the 3,8, and 9's on 20 meters. You could also add the 4's around the DC area and the 2 and 1 call area. Because of the poor conditions this weekend in WPX SSB it was
Now that the guys who really know what they are talking about have responded to Lee I feel safe in saying, yeah, they are right. I have a tribander on top of the house attached to chimney and one wir
I believe Bill's exact statement was something of the form: "In SS, if you aren't working 3, 8 and 9-land stations, you're losing." Isn't this how the guys in the carribean feel? Bill Coleman, AA4LR,