As far as speaking like them…..just speak american English. They get off to hearing us talk as much as we do hearing them.
Sent from my i-Thingamajig > On Apr 11, 2023, at 10:40 AM, Rick Hiller <rickhille...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 20 meters. Phone. Long path about 50 degrees azimuth. Our 2:30 to 4:30 > afternoon. > Dipole - horizontal - about 35’ high in the clear. broadside to the stated > azimuth. You’ll hear east coast stateside stns too, probably with gain > antennas facing toward 50 degrees, depending, running power. > GL. W5RH > > Sent from my i-Thingamajig > >> On Apr 11, 2023, at 10:25 AM, M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: >> >> >> Moring yall. >> lets say I wanted to talk to a specific country. what might I customise to >> make it more likely. >> lets say houston to australia. would there be better frequencies within a >> band to try? what might I look up? how to speak ozzi? I have seen my wspr >> path get there on 10w and I have seen the propagation charts that let me >> know that sunset is the best time. do I need a directional antenna? I >> assume there are many basic factors for any radio transmission to be >> successful but what are the specific ones if I only wish to contact AUS? >> Vx# >> >> Marc. >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/