Do any of you wish to share your methodology on using directional receive antennas during a run? The inverted-L was way too noisy with the lightning static, to hear weak and distant stations. On the
Hi Art, I have 2 classes of rx antennas for 160/80, an active rx 4-square with short 108" verticals (a copy of the first-generation DXE array) and 3 pretty long bi-directional beverages. In general,
At home I use a foot switches to cycle between three receive antennas after each 160M CQ: NE and SW on a K9AY loop, and WNW on a west-facing pennant. Each antenna is fairly broad in the forward direc
What I have found to work well is taking advantage of a radio with dual receivers, not necessarily "locked", ie. diversity as in the K3, but at least on the same frequency. The main RX is fixed on th
Add me to the list of diversity operators. I typically have one beverage in one ear and some other directional antenna in the other. For the Stew - this was a 1200 foot beverage towards the East coas
YES! Listen for more than 2 seconds after a CQ. It's really a bummer to call a station who has started CQing again before you've sent half of your callsign once! Switch directions often. Study propag
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, on
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 u
Art I operated the entire Stew with a 160m 4-square antenna, with no listening antennas. One hand on the keyboard, one hand on the 4-square directional switch. After every CQ, if a signal was not hea
Good morning Art. I have used the AY Technologies 8 position switch. I can instantly switch between any of the 8 beverages and can also select any two simultaneously. I use this more for DXing than c
I can't imagine doing a 160M contest WITHOUT dual receive. With 580ft two-wire Beverages at right angles, and a foot switch to reverse both of them, I can easily hear in a 360 degree arc: listen 1-2
Early in 1925 Radio Corporation of America station 1XAO had one near 10 mile long wave antenna. In 1926 they had three spaced 6 miles each. Harold H. Beverage discovered diversity reception when
Thanks for all the input on this. I am pretty well set up to do non-sync'd diversity. I need to improve antenna switching though. My 2.5 acre suburban lot seems to be getting smaller and smaller, whi
Hello Art, No matter what we do, there will always be people that just don't understand us. People who think that "that ham over there" is the cause of all their problems, real or imagined. If we wor
YES! Listen for more than 2 seconds after a CQ. It's really a bummer to call a station who has started CQing again before you've sent half of your callsign once! Switch directions often. Study propa