Actually 'tis the benefit of antenna diversity reception.
It was written, and so it must be:
>When I first started playing with my four-stack of 8L Yagis on 10M
>40/80/120/160ft) and also had a single 8L Yagi on another tower (80ft)
>I was astonded at the differences in intelligibility the stack made.
Been used by the telephone companies for decades.
>I started working Asiatic Russians that were S9 on the single 8L and were
>a bit stronger on the stack, but they were totally unreadible on the single
>8L (on ssb) due to "selective fading" but were without any sign of
distortion
>on the stack.
>
>That is when I made the conclusion that the distortion was just that of
>multipath rather than some sort of "polar flutter.
Interesting, I notice exactly the same thing from here on Kauai with my
single triband beam on the main rcv channel of the FT-1000D, and my
20 meter vertical feeding into the BPF-1. Cleans up the audio, as
seemingly perceived in my head, and
from moment to moment one or the other is louder!! I like antenna
diversity reception, it is a great enhancement to DX'ing. One of the
secrets of the Yaesu FT-1000D rig!
73, Jim, KH7M
On the Garden Island of Kauai
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