Hi all,
I am new subscriber to the list even if I follow this
list since quite a few months.
In the past ARRL DX CW I made 9 qso on 160!
Very interesting and surprisingly for me, since I
just don't have an antenna for 160!
I use the windom which is sized up to 80M
through the radio internal tuner, and I can
output 100W into the coax. I don't know how many
will then really be radiated but maybe enough.
I also receive through that same antenna,
and I'm living in Milan, so quite a noisy environment.
In the past CQWW160 I only worked VY2ZM on PEI,
across the Atlantic Ocean (let me say ..too easy!)
so the 9 qsos are quite an event for me.
I'm writing this message since there is something
strange to me.
The stations are the following:
VY2PA,K1KI,KT1V,VY2TT,K5ZD,
WJ9B,KC1XX,K1TO and VE2TZT.
I also heard K1XM but really in the noise
and I never was so confident to be able to listen
if he could really come back to me,
so I decided not to call him.
BUT I never heard the other big guns on top band!
(let say K3LR and W3LPL which would even also have
been 2 new states!)
So now the question is: why?
Maybe the answer is easy: I really need to improve my
reception capability.
But I start a thought and ended up with the fact
that their signal surely was down respect to the
others I heard.
So I thought one reason could be the distance of
these stations from the ocean, since the overall
distance from my qth shouldn't be so significant, and
probably within a few percent.
Then with the help of Google Earth I made this table:
Distance from their qth to first ocean boundary
for the path to my qth (~6800 Km - ~4200 miles)
CALL Km Miles
K5ZD 63 40
KC1XX 110 68
K1KI 187 115
KT1V 37 23
K1TO 190 116
WJ9B 125 78
----------------------------
W3LPL 620 385
K3LR 1390 865
(I didn't check the two PEI's and the VE2.)
>From that table there is a big difference!
So, please, now I need to know, from you
Top Band gurus:
Am I wrong? and why?
Am I right? and why?
Doesn't it really matter? and why?
And the next topic will be some good
way to start up a reception improvement
in my limited roof building!
Thanks for reading till here.
73
Bob, I2WIJ
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