Hi Mark,
My receive antennas are 3 point fed pennants that are 51.6% the size of
full size pennants and they are pointed 40 degrees, 160 degrees, and 300
degrees. In my video I was using my 40 degree pointed pennant as he was
much stronger on that one versus my pennant pointed 160 degrees and based
on his heading of 80 degrees this made sense. Based on modeling he should
have been about 3 dB stronger on my 40 degree pennant than my 160 pennant
and he was at least 3 dB stronger on the 40 degree pennant so his signal
may have even been skewed slightly North.
73,
Don (wd8dsb)
On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM Mpridesti <mpridesti@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Very cool
>
> What is your receive antenna?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark, K1RX
>
>
> > On Dec 18, 2025, at 8:00 AM, Don Kirk <wd8dsb@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Pleasant surprise while headed to bed last night. Stopped by the shack
> and
> > heard a little pile up on 160 meters with 7Q6UJ calling CQ. Gave him a
> > call running my normal 100 watts and he came right back to me. I then
> made
> > a brief recording of him calling CQ about 6 minutes later when his signal
> > was really peaking which was about 6 minutes before his sunrise with no
> one
> > answering his CQ. Definitely conditions I rarely encounter into that
> part
> > of the world so I uploaded a brief video onto youtube of him calling CQ
> for
> > those interested and here is a link to that video:
> > https://youtu.be/KAky1C4VuDc
> >
> > Just FYI, 73, and Happy Holidays.
> > Don (wd8dsb)
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