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.
This weekend, on Sunday afternoon, it seemed like signals were coming
from all directions at once on 10m. Even stations that were out west
seemed strongest beaming south east.
I also had the experience in the 10m contest where I was beaming west
toward JA. Once the JAs disappeared, the band seemed so quiet as to be
closed. The first night, I went QRT. The second night, I pointed the beam
north and ran stations for over 2 hours.
So, where do you point your beam over the weekend? And if you S & P, how
do you avoid turning the beam for each QSO (other than be like NQ4I and
have antennas pointing in three directions at once)?
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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