[TowerTalk] STACKED 40 METER BEAMS MATCH

Chuck w5pr at swbell.net
Mon Nov 22 16:43:51 PST 2010


Sometimes it helps to use BOP when the station you want to work is off the 
back and there is a strong signal in the front of the stack.  Not worth the 
effort though imho.

Chuck W5PR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cqtestk4xs at aol.com>
To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] STACKED 40 METER BEAMS MATCH


> In a message dated 11/22/2010 3:59:10 AM Greenwich Standard Time,
> jim.thom at telus.net writes:
>
> After  hundreds of recent tests, the BOP  mode is a dud  for the most 
> part.
> Even when listening to these
> daytime 40m nets,  BIP is louder  than  BOP
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> My results with BOP have been quite different.  On all bands  from 10-40 I
> incorporated BIP/BOP/TOP/BOT and found the BOP quite useful.   Perhaps it
> was because my stacks were quite high.  ie. 200 for 40, 200 for  20, 140 
> for
> 15 and 165 for 10.  With the exception of the 40 stack, all  were 4 or 6 
> high
> stacks...maybe that was the reason.
>
> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
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