Topband: FT5XO and 5Z4DZ last night

[Brian Mattson]

From: "W2RU - Bud Hippisley"
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: FT5XO and 5Z4DZ last night


 If any of those midwestern stations were using directional receive
antennas, I'd love to hear what direction worked best for them.  I'm betting
it wasn't SE.
>
> Bud, W2RU

Hello Bud,

'Sorry to call your bet, but I worked them at 00:23 (11 minutes after my SS)
and the heading was direct shortpath, 112 degrees.

It was a different story two nights before that, when the signal was near 60
degrees at SS, shifting to the direct path over the next hour.

My receive array is a 6 element vertical array, switchable in 60 degree
increments. By comparing signal fall-offs from the strongest direction, I
can usually determine heading +/- 10 degrees, if QRN will allow.

Brian  K8BHZ