On Tue, 5 May 2009 19:22:22 EDT
W7lr@aol.com wrote:
>Most
>estimates have been for better propagation at 1.99 >compared to the low end.
My QTH is at EL95. It is probably the most distant CONUS
low band station from Tree's QTH. Almost a DX. Both theory
and intuition suggest that 1.99 MHz should be better for
long distance communications than 1.80 MHz. The issue is
how much better? Is the difference worth the trouble of
changing existing patters of operation and antennas?
I have been listening to Tree's beacon but I am very
reluctant to come to any conclusion after such a short
time. I hope Tree will be kind enough to run the beacons
for some time so we can have more time and more samples.
(On May 5 at 0500 I had a somewhat promising experience
listening to the beacons: on 1.9995 it was barely audible.
On 1.8005 I could not hear it. This was the case both on
my TX vertical and on my EU pennant. I was not listening
to both FRQ at the same time, so it could have been
QSB...)
I think we need more time...
73,
George
AA7JV
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