Topband: Which 4 directions?

[Mike Waters]

Pete,

It helps to know the 3 dB beamwidth of your antennas. Since mine (580'
2-wire Beverages) are about 90 degrees, I chose NE, SE, SW, and NW. I think
your headings will be similar. Check out:
www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html#Misc_Beverage_antenna_notes and
www.w0btu.com/links.html#Azimuthal_maps . DX Atlas is invaluable for
calculating this.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> It helps to know the 3 dB beamwidth of your antennas. Since mine are about
> 90 degrees, I chose NE, SE, SW, and NW. I think your heading will be
> similar.
>
> Check out
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr at contesting.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm planning to build and deploy 4 receiving antennasfor 160M this summer
>> - some mix of BOGs, K9AYs, etc.Question is, where would you aim them, from
>> a QTH 60 miles NW of Washington DC. My main objective is to finish my 160M
>> DXCC, now hovering at 72 worked.
>>
>
>