Hi,
Have been attempting to QSO on either 17 or 12 m
with the TN3W yl in the Congo. So far no luck.
Am using a Force 12 C4 (C3 with the 40 meter dipole
on the boom between the mast mount and the 15 and
20 meter reflector elements).
I recall that the C3 is supposed to have a bit of gain in
the "reverse" direction on 17 m; but have no recollection
of directivity other than that "it works" on 12 m. Of course,
I must use a tuner to match on either of these bands,
unlike the others (20, 15, 10) where the tuner is mostly not
needed.
Anyone have any info about the pattern/gain, if any, on these
two bands with the 40 meter element on the boom (if that
makes any difference).
Unfortunately, the optimum times for a KH6/TN QSO is early
morning (like 6AM) in the Congo. So far they have slept
through from about 3 AM their time, not operating again
until about 9:30 or 10AM in Brazzaville! I have been
encouraging the pilot station to ask them to not operate
so late one of the two or three remaining days. Go to
bed earlier than 3 AM, and get up for a couple hours
of operating from, say 5:30 to 7:30 AM; so far they have
shown no interest in such operating hours, hi. Both operators
are still on right now, about 1:30 AM their time, so guess
Saturday morning their time will not be a 6AM operating
day either. The 12 meter signal is Q5 here now though
very light; but the fellow on 21295 is not even copyable,
no signal heard at all.
73, Jim KH7M
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