Topband: H/V vs Time (The N2XE Beacon Tribune)

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On Monday 03 January 2005 11:51 am, Tom Rauch wrote:

> For a few years VK3ZL,  ZL3REX, and myself kept morning
> skeds from their sunset to my sunrise and beyond. We
> almost always tested three antennas here

Hi Tom,

I'm sure the results were fascinating. I notice much more 
day to day variation on VK3ZL than you seem to. That may be 
related to you having multiple antennas to choose from, or 
just differences in the path. A complicating factor lies in 
that it is often difficult to determine exactly when the 
peaks occur here due to spotty activity from VK. However I 
have seen some very sharp peaks about an hour before SR.

> IMO it would be interesting to do a blind H vs. V vs.
> time-of-day test over multiple directions and distances
> with modest to high power.

That would be very interesting. During my previous years on 
160 I was certain there were clear trends as to when and 
where I did well with my H antenna vs those with V, and 
vice versa. Since I returned to the band I have found no 
such trends are evident. Either it was coincidence (over a 
span of years) before or conditions have not been typical 
the past few weeks. In any case, real tests carried out 
over a sufficient period of time would be enlightening.

73,
Paul