Topband: Antenna check for V31XX

[Don Kirk]

Hi Bill,

I misunderstood, it looks like V31MA was running low power, so you would
have to subtract off the difference in dB from your RBN data to see how it
compares with V31MA.

Don (wd8dsb)

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 4:30 PM Don Kirk <wd8dsb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Bill,
>
> You should still be able to compare yourself to V31MA using the RBN data.
> Just find out how much power V31MA was running and compare it with your
> power level in units of dB.  Then you can use the RBN data to compare your
> signal to V31MA as long as you subtract the dB difference in power from the
> V31MA data.
>
> Hope that makes sense.
>
> 73,
> Don (wd8dsb)
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 3:13 PM cqtestk4xs--- via Topband <
> topband at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> After  putting down 3600 yard staples to install 55 radials 130 ft for my
>> 100 ft wire vertical with a 30 ft L I was ready for the 160 test.  For RX I
>> used an SAL-30 which performed well at my old QTH in KH6.
>> The only other V3 station was V31MA who has an excellent location close
>> to the water with a great take off to W/K and EU, but ran LP, so it was
>> hard to compare on the RBN.  I'm curious how the antenna performed as i
>> finished the radials right before the contest and really didn't have a
>> chance to check it out on the air.  I had quite a few EU and many JAs that
>> were there but I couldn't copy them as they were in the mud.
>> Any comments on the signal/condx would be appreciated.
>> 73  Bill K4XS/V31XX
>>
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