Topband: VP6D

[Tree]

Sometimes - near your sunrise - angles go high and that diminishes
directivity quickly.

Congrats on the QSO!!

Tree N6TR

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:56 AM David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:

> I am not an expert on DX peditions, coming late to HF and 160 meters in
> my life, but I could not get over the operator at VP6D this morning on
> 1.826.  Whoever it was, he was flying and getting the call correct the
> first time every time.  I was amazed at how well they were doing racking
> up the Qs.  There was plenty of QSB here in Maine with the signal going
> from S 0.2 to about S6  on the S meter. At minimum, they were barely
> copyable.  At best, they were loud. I used my Europe beverage and found
> that it was a tad better than my SW beverage. I am not sure what was
> going on there. The Europe wires is a pair of 1150 ft bevs, and the SW
> wire is shorter at about 800 ft. After making a contact, I experimented
> with diversity on the K3 and had the SW wire in my right ear and the 45
> degree wire in my left ear.  Copy was better with diversity, but I think
> I need to check my beverage terminations!! Maybe it was an arrival angle
> situation that favored the longer wire's pattern.  I learn something
> every day.
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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