Hi all,
Let me add my 2 cents comment too , here.
Apart from resenting comments, perceived as such, which is important, I seems
to me IMHO that all of you are right - Bob’s ( AA6VB) and .. Larry’s ( N7DD)
et al !
I ‘ m living in Versailles on a very small lot too ( 400 sq-meters) ; my
antennas are two delta-loops , hanging down from nice neighbors building..
I worked Larry the other morning , ( around SR here at abt 7:30z ) , I
couldn’t believed it!
I never got beyond your Eastern States!
He emerged faintly out of the S9 noise for a couple of minutes.
Just as Bob said.
I was alerted by a few guys around me in Europe who called him.
Larry copied me as F3WQ, as I punched a series of my call right on his
frequency on my Orion1 à 100 watts barefoot.
He later confirmed par e-mail me as sort of 339 signal , correcting my call!
Larry is right in saying it is all abt hearing.
My “hearing” set-up was thru the said delta-loops in stereo/pseudo - diversity.
But most important to me so far was my 2 analog AF-peak-filters from Dierking
GD83 at full narrowness ( 10 Hz or below)- a salvage to get rid
of all the digital noise-crap from A/D and D/A conversions in the RX signal -
path of that despite excellent transceiver.
Encouraged, my plans are for a K9AY rx- ant soon.
My 2 cts..
73
Pierre, F3WT
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