Topband: Long Path Direction!

[Ken Brown]

Eric Scace K3NA wrote:

>   Bottom line: there may be reasons other than direction of signal arrival that allow a signal to be better copy on one receiving
>antenna rather than another.
>  
>
This is another reason that you may not really know which direction a 
signal is coming from, even to the resolution you might get based on the 
HPBW of your beverages. Most of us will select an antenna that has the 
best S/N for the signal we are listening to, with no regard to what the 
S meter says. Who cares about the S meter? What is important is ability 
to copy the signal. Maybe some of you guys have actually paid close 
attention to the S meter to see on which beverage the signal is 
strongest, instead of easiest to copy. If so I'll bet you only did that 
AFTER you had the contact in the log, using the antenna with the best S/N.

DE N6KB