Excellent point that you make Phil. If one can hear the 100 watt level, one can usually hear the much lower levels as well. That's a good demonstration that when the path is open, it is open and when it is not, it is not, Hi!
>From my QTH on the Oregon coast I can usually hear those beacons on my 2 wave inverted L on 20 meters - my favorite band as well. When some of the others pop up with good signals I perk up Hi!! 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Phil Hystad Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 9:12 PM To: Bob K6UJ Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: For New Hams, How to Tell What an Amp Will Do For Your Signal On a good day from my Kirkland, Washington QTH, I can hear three stations on the 14.1 MHz beacon. That would be 4U1UN, W6WX (always the loudest), and KH6WQ (usually the weakest because it is often off the back of my hex-beam). But, when I can hear any of these stations, I almost always hear all three signal levels and I am pretty sure that if this were a regular QSO that I could copy (at least CW) all three signal levels. I believe in these begins and the 14.1 MHz beacon is my "home plate" spot for my K3 when I am busy doing other things. So, I get this nice background reminder about how propagation is going and so on -- at least for 20 meters. I have listened to some of the other bands but I favor listening to this 20 meter beacon. 73, phil, K7PEH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
