Topband: directional receive and contests

[nn4t at comcast.net]

Good morning Art. I have used the AY Technologies 8 position switch. I can instantly switch between any of the 8 beverages and can also select any two simultaneously. I use this more for DXing than contesting but it seems to work well for me. Best, Steve NN4T 

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From: "Merv Schweigert" <k9fd at flex.com> 
To: topband at contesting.com 
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 12:06:13 PM 
Subject: Re: Topband: directional receive and contests 

Agree with Jim, Eric hears me when most others have their "ears" super 
glued 
to EU and never change directions. 

The best station I have ever worked was K9DX when he had up his arrays 
and remote 
set ups, he would hear me before my sunset and come back with the 
transmit array 
my direction with S9 signals, 
I dont know how he switched receive arrays but he could be working EU 
and with my one 
call come back to my weak signal. I could call an hour and others 
would never listen 
this direction. 
I have heard a thousand excuses as to why etc, but it all comes down to 
operator 
ability, so kudos to these guys who have the hardware and know how to 
use it. 

73 Merv K9FD/KH6 

> On Mon,12/28/2015 9:18 AM, Eric NO3M wrote: 
>> What I have found to work well 
> 
> Pay attention to everything Eric says, and take a look at his web page 
> showing his RX antenna farm. Eric consistently has the best ears on 
> the band! In the 4-5 years I've been working QRP on 160M, only once 
> has Eric failed to hear me, and he usually hears me within the first 
> 15-20 seconds that I begin calling. And I'm nearly always in the 
> direction opposite from the dominant opening to his QTH. He's the only 
> guy that far east I can work mid-evening -- for everyone else, I must 
> wait for late evening and sunrise openings. 
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC 
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