I new to 160M and am always learning but I'd like to reiterate a main point in
your msg Rich and that is hearing is usually more important than transmitting.
If you can't hear 'em you can't work 'em. I'd invest more time and effort on
improving one's receiving capabilities than on transmitting, all things equal.
And, I'd agree, one never knows where the signal angle is coming from on 160M
and that leads me to a point I make to those who inquire. It never hurts to
have mulitple options of receiving antennas to choose from. What works one
night may be useless the next and the other antenna works better that night.
If I may take a short bandwidth, I remember listening to one of those African
DXpeditions early in 2003 and during the course of one evening, they came in
best on the 4 square and then later better on the beverage, then best on the
delta loop. The angle must have been changing all the while. Even low dipoles
as well as short beverages or even long wires laid out on the ground may be
suitable for reception. Phil KB9CRY
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