Topband: 9Q0HQ

[Guido Tedeschi]

John,
  the Diamond they used is quite similar to the Pemnant...
73 de Guido, ik2bcp

Il giorno 19/mar/2015, alle ore 15:39, "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com> ha scritto:

> I am not sure what supplies that you have available in the Republic of
> Congo. A Pennant should fit in your operating area. It is pretty easy to
> build and it is not ground dependent.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> 
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> Subject:    Topband: 9Q0HQ
> From:    "alfeohjt at tin.it" <alfeohjt at tin.it>
> Reply-to:    "alfeohjt at tin.it" <alfeohjt at tin.it>
> 
> 
> Dear friends, we are doing our best effort on the low bands. Being at the
> end
> of the rain season, there is a storm almost every day in the afternoon.The
> soil
> here is very dark and moist, often we need to tune the high band antennas as
> the resonance shifts according to water content.On low bands the noise from
> static is high, 7 - 9 on 80 and 160. It is a little better when we are
> close to
> the sunrise.On top band we use a inverted L and on 80m a vertical with a
> parasite reflector.We have the feeling that ous signal is strong enough
> but the
> major problem is our capability to cautch the signals out of the noise. We
> used
> a DHDL for few days, no big help. Yesterday we change with a Diamond, no
> better
> result. We still use the verticals on receiving as it grants the better
> result
> in spite of the noise.I am afraid that a beverage would not help us due to
> the
> soil propriety. Also, there is no enough room to lay a 200m beverage.We are
> rather limitaded in resources (wires, cables) as it
>  is no easy and fast to find the stuff locally.I kindly ask for your
> suggestion to improve our receiving capability.
> Best 73
> (sorry for my bad English!)
> Alfeo I1HJT 9Q0HQ crew
> 
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