Topband: E51D and OHQP

[Chuck Dietz]

You can never have too many antennas. (Despite your wife’s opinion)

Chuck W5PR

On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 10:05 AM Mike VE9AA ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca <
ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>
> Contrary to popular belief, sometimes a low dipole CAN be useful on TB.
>
> I worked 9M6 (from here in VE9) one morning(greyline) with a low full
> wave dipole up around 30-35' or so while other locals in VE1 and VE9
> were hearing virtually nothing.
>
> Not every day that happens of course,(the inverted L usually outshines
> the DP 40:1 or so) and my local buddies thought I was joking when I
> announced on the packetcluster I had done it.
>
> Run what ya brung seems to be the important thing.  I have similar
> stories where 6m DX has been worked with the most raggedy cross
> polarized low-ish pos antenna while high stacks heard almost nothing, so
> never say never when it comes to antennas or prop.
>
> 73, Mike VE9AA
>
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