R: [TowerTalk] Am I asking too much from my Hy-gain 3 el. 40m. ?

Maurizio Panicara Maurizio Panicara" <i4jmy@iol.it
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:33:19 +0200


Asyou say, I think this is due mainly to a bad S/N ratio problem evident on
the RX part of the game, anyway I wouldn't be surprised if the receiver is
somehow guilty (AGC, IMD, signals "jumping" the XTAL filters) because the
loud europeans BC signals take all the dynamic range and over.
When I do contest 40m seriously, I add a 3 HI q cells tunable filter
(-28dB@100 Khz) to an IC781 and this I found helps in some cases.

73,
Mauri I4JMY

-----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: <K7LXC@aol.com>
A: <audone@varonaguido.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Data invio: luned́ 11 ottobre 1999 18.33
Oggetto: Re: [TowerTalk] Am I asking too much from my Hy-gain 3 el. 40m. ?


>
> In a message dated 99-10-11 08:58:25 EDT, audone@varonaguido.com writes:
>
> >  I have built a tower (85 feet high) with an Hy-gain 3 elements for 40
> >  meters.
> >  I have spent a lot of money and time but the results are not so good.
> >  The antenna in trasmission is ok but for me is not the same in
receiving.
> >  A lot of time when I call, stations listen me and give me very high
reports
> >  but I listen them very very loud. Dx stations said me that a lot of
people
> >  is
> >  calling me but I don't listen them.
> >  Am I asking too much ?
> >  Is because it is not a full-size antenna ?
> >  The tower is not high ?
>
>       I have had the same experience (especially on the low bands) myself
but
> in my opinion it's not related to the antenna.
>
>      I think the main issues are propagation, arrival angle and skip zone.
> You might be loud to many stations but they may have 1-way propagation,
they
> might be coming in at an arrival angle where you have a null on your
antenna
> (especially if they are using a ground plane or vertical) or you may not
be
> in THEIR skip zone. A station 20 miles away many times will hear things
that
> you don't, and vice versa.
>
>     I've been generally not happy with linear loaded 40M antennas. While
they
> do have their limitations, yours is probably working about as well as can
be
> expected.
>
>        My advice is to put up one or two other 40M antennas. The secret to
> EFFECTIVENESS on any band is to have a CHOICE of antennas. In your case,
I'd
> suggest a GP and maybe even a lower dipole. Since your 40M antenna is
> relatively high-angle, the GP should hear the low-angle stations much
better.
> Then you can start working some of those 'unheard' stations.
>
> Cheers & GL,   Steve    K7LXC
> Tower Tech
>
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