Topband: Timor Leste Nov 17 ( Dietmar Kasper)

[Jim Brown]

That's fine if radio is your only interest in life. We're much happier 
here.

73, Jim K9YC

On 11/17/2023 7:16 AM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> You should have stayed in Illinois and bought some farmland downstate on the Mississippi.
> 
> I moved from a city lot in New York to an acre lot in New Jersey a couple of miles from the ocean. When I moved here 23 years ago I was surrounded by gentleman farmers and noise level much lower . I was was successful on 160 with 100 watts and an inverted L against radials. The noise level has steadily increased and some farms have been replaced by townhouses.
> 
> 73 Mike N2MS
> 
> 
>> On 11/16/2023 3:19 PM EST Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>> On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote:
>>> Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8
>>
>> Salvatore,
>>
>> FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more
>> noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard
>> EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have
>> heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU
>> on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO.
>>
>> All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a
>> 550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced
>> 5/8 wavelength.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
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