Topband: 160M Rx Antennas

[Bob Beebe]

Some interesting observations on this, as there will always be ! I have a beverage at about 6 feet high looking to the US and slightly towards the North (340 deg). Last year I had great results with it as an Rx antenna. With an 87’ Inv-L transmit antenna I did well through the season. However, this is in sharp contrast to this season where the beverage has not been that good. I’ve checked all the electrical parameters and it is as it was originally set up. The L seemed to give better receive gain (in general). I’ve put this down to a couple of points. Last year the weather was considerably wetter than this year and may have given me some sort of advantage with regard to soil resistivity. Indeed, I’m only a couple of wavelengths from the Atlantic Ocean here, and when it blows, the weather is so bad I have to rinse the salt from the windows. Salt on wet ground could be beneficial?     2. Conditions were better for me transmit wise last year: I worked HC8N and KL7RA with only 65W on 160M! This season in CQWW it was a different story, nothing quite as exotic. 

There are never clear answers to these phenomena. Indeed, I saw a whole lot of new 160M experiences in 3B9C when virtually mutual daylight DX QSO’s were being worked. Great stuff !

Happy DXing at the thick end !


73


Bob

GU4YOX   

Guernsey Island

 

 
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