Sometimes it helps to use BOP when the station you want to work is off the
back and there is a strong signal in the front of the stack. Not worth the
effort though imho.
Chuck W5PR
----- Original Message -----
From: <Cqtestk4xs@aol.com>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] STACKED 40 METER BEAMS MATCH
> In a message dated 11/22/2010 3:59:10 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
> jim.thom@telus.net writes:
>
> After hundreds of recent tests, the BOP mode is a dud for the most
> part.
> Even when listening to these
> daytime 40m nets, BIP is louder than BOP
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> My results with BOP have been quite different. On all bands from 10-40 I
> incorporated BIP/BOP/TOP/BOT and found the BOP quite useful. Perhaps it
> was because my stacks were quite high. ie. 200 for 40, 200 for 20, 140
> for
> 15 and 165 for 10. With the exception of the 40 stack, all were 4 or 6
> high
> stacks...maybe that was the reason.
>
> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
>
>
>
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