Topband: 160m polarization and elevation angles

[Greg - ZL3IX]

Hi Carl,

OH8X was active for some months when I was making Qs with Eu, in 
particular OH. I never heard them at all, although I have no idea of 
exactly when they were QRV. My guess is that if their monster antenna 
had produced results, they would have been a lot more active. We can 
certainly draw inferences from that!

In contrast, I have made many Qs with other guys running good stations 
with vertical Tx, such as OH2MA and OH3XR. In fact if there is any 
propagation at all between ZL and Eu, OH is often one of the first areas 
to benefit.

Conclusion - OH-ZL is not a particularly difficult path, and if the OH8X 
antenna had been effective, I would have easily heard them.

73, Greg, ZL3IX
> It would have been great to have had the OH8X 160m Yagi up for a long time
> so RBN could have been used to compare it to nearby vertical antennas. It
> would have shown how much of this theory is applicable in the real world.
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