Good point Rick.
But that zoomes-out the topic.
What priorities does Ash' beverage need to cover, like:
lowering local noise (groundwave)
lowering incoming skywave noise; QRN and/or QRM
the need to 'enable another layer of QSO contacts'
etc.
etc.
Ash: I am sure you have already read some general info on RX antennas?
If not already, please check CTU website for the great presentation by
W3LPL:
https://www.contestuniversity.com/files/
Then there is The Great Book LowBand DX'ing by ON4UN
However, and this goes for all Lowband ops, experienced or not, throwing
a topnotch RX antenna out on your QTH does not provide instant maximal
efficiency.
It might not be the best choice of antenna type, location or the way it
is best set-up and/or adjusted in your environment.
Can you make the right choices (or better experiment ot find out) if
you're a City Dweller, where many of the knowledge takes different turns
and you have to fight for every dB progress at s/n ?
Soo many questions, even more answers....
Using seperate RX antennas is a (great) journey in our hobby where you
learn by doing.
You will have to find out what and how it works out best for you.
73 Mark, PA5MW
On 06/07/2018 19:35, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
On 7/4/2018 8:09 AM, pa5mw@home.nl wrote:
Groundwave BC signals arrive at 0 degrees; you want to adjust FB at
incoming
skywave (10< >50 degrees) signals instead
What reference you should use depends on your QTH and the first wave of
incoming (Europe?) QRM
I would like to respectfully disagree, at least for my QTH. What I
find is that my noise is dominated by local ground wave sources.
I want a null at the horizon=ground wave. I don't see background
noise vary much between day and night. Especially on vertically
polarized antennas.
Rick N6RK
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