[TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX

[Douglas Ruz (CO8DM)]

Bill and the group,

I have been working on SIX meter during last 15 years and i have tried few 
antennas.

My first antenna was an incredible Inv V about 10 ft high...i worked a lot 
of europeans during the last huge F2 openings back in 2001 i guess.

Then i moved to a 5 floor building and i put a 2 elem quad and then i added 
a director, so, i tried with a 3 elem quad also...about 15 ft above the flat 
cement roof of the building.

I am working now with a 5 elem yagi, it is also low...about 30 ft above 
ground.

I complete my 6m DXCC few months ago...i have 106 countries worked including 
2 stations from KH6.

I hope this help.

Best wishes and good luck on 6m.

73....Douglas, CO8DM

"No creo que haya alguna emoción más intensa para un inventor que ver alguna 
de sus creaciones funcionando. Esa emoción hace que uno se olvide de comer, 
de dormir, de todo." - Nikola Tesla
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill via TowerTalk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
To: <TOWERTALK at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2015 10:34 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] 6 meter angle arrival for DX


> I'm currently doing the ground work for getting a decent sized 6  meter
> setup for my new QTH in KH6.
>
> I'll be using around a KW and have homebrewed some copycats of the  old 
> KLM
> 7 Yagis for 6.
>
> My only problem is being a rookie on 6 is I really don't know  what 
> arrival
> angles are most common for six meters for distances of greater than  2500
> miles, which is the minimum distance for 99% of all contacts from  KH6.
>
> Height recommendations are pretty useless since the terrain is  nowhere a
> normal terrain due to the extreme drop away from the tower site.   Even a
> combo of 20 over 5 produces enormous gains at 1 and 2  degrees.
>
> N6BV's terrrain analysis only provides angle info for HF.   Check the
> arrival angle on 10 meters for various places and then check 6 
> meters..about the
> same, as his program wasn't meant to do VHF arrival angles in  conjunction
> with HFTA.
>
> I know no number will be THE correct one, but a ball park range of  the
> most common angles would be a big help.  I plan on giving as many  USA 
> stations
> KH6 for the WAS as I possible can.  The same is true for JA  and hopefully
> some EU guys as well.
>
> Any help?
>
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
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