Hey Dave! (he was my first QSO as a novice 43 years ago) I am located at 20
degrees N. Actually my choice is between a 160m Xmit 4 square and concentric
80/160m 8 circle RX arrays.
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From: DAVID CUTHBERT <telegrapher9@gmail.com>
To: donovanf@starpower.net
Cc: Bob Kupps <n6bk@yahoo.com>; topband <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: RX epiphany?
Bob,
with US and European stations operating top band during the winter only you
will only work them during your summer. So, you will always be subject to
higher noise at your end of the path.
Dave
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM, <donovanf@starpower.net> wrote:
Bob,
>
>If you have a choice of one or the other the choice is easy: the transmit
>4-square as an excellent transmit array as well as an excellent receive array.
>
>Good luck!
>
>73
>Frank
>W3LPL
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
>>From: Bob Kupps <n6bk@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: Topband: RX epiphany?
>>Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com>
>>
>>Hi thanks to all for the replies. Sorry I wasn't clear my QTH is northern
>>Thailand. The point I was trying to make is that even though it is a noisy
>>part of the season it is apparently less noisy at the European latitudes.
>>Unfortunately I don't have enough land to put up a 160m Xmit 4 square and an
>>RX array, it will have to be one or the other....
>>
>>
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>>Bob--
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>>
>>Just curious -- How is your reception around sunrise, when most of the
>>thunderstorms in the Americas are in daylight, and therefore their QRN
>>probably isn't reaching you?
>>
>>
>>Art, KB3FJO
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