Topband: Any Chinese stations with Big Sigs operating on 160?

[Jim Brown]

On 4/3/2024 7:57 AM, Michael Tope wrote:
> In the case of that 160 meter dipole it was almost always better as a 
> receive antenna for 80 meters. It was better at rejecting ferocious 
> local QRN than the 80 meter inverted-V. Absolute signal level always 
> dropped owing to the mismatch, but the noise level dropped even more 
> improving SNR (from really deaf to pretty deaf). I am sure there were 
> cases where the 80 meter inverted-V was better, but that was the 
> exception not the rule.

Signal to noise in the direction of the desired signal is always the 
issue with RX antennas, just as radiation efficiency in the desired 
direction is the issue for TX.

73, Jim K9YC