The new 40M beam seems to work well...In the YK9A pileup last night,
I got them (barefoot) in about 10 minutes, part of that spent listening
to pick up the split pattern. (They're good ops, too!)
It was also fun to work a rearranged version of my own callsign!
73, Gary
K9AY
PS -- I also installed two 360-foot Beverages for 40M receiving; aimed
NE and NW. They are much lower noise and more directional than the
beam. Hope they help the EU and JA totals in the ARRL 'test!
>
> I'm envious of Gary's new 2L on 40, which is my weakest band. I don't
have
> room for a 2L and I tried a wire beam which was more trouble than it was
> worth, so I'm back to two dipoles at right angles. But at least they are
> both a bit higher than last year, so I'll try to be optimistic.
>
> Anyone else want to volunteer your schedule?
>
> - Jay, K4OGG
>
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