[TowerTalk] Re: Beam Headings

Pete Smith n4zr@contesting.com
Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:47:03 -0500


At 12:11 PM 3/14/2000 -0500, Bill Coleman AA4LR wrote:
>This is a great point. Precise aiming isn't needed -- fire the beam 
>"thataway" will do it.

And if you have a 2-el yagi, sometimes the only direction that doesn't work
is 90 degrees from your target.  Particularly in good conditions, there is
plenty of excess signal on most paths -- I lost track of the number of
times I worked people off the back during this season's DX tests.

73,  Pete N4ZR

Don't forget to update your entry in the World Contest Station Database
http://206.102.70.3/search.htm


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