I ran into a number of CQ loops. I figured they went to the head and
decided to hold their Freq. Not cool.
W0MU
On 11/28/2016 3:45 PM, Tree wrote:
I was also struck with one station who was calling lots of CQs with no
answer - with the word "TEST" at the end about 10 WPM faster than the res
Another possible cause of the "one-way-propagation" effect has to do with
different arrival angles when using rx antennas.
The low-angle response difference between a beverage and vertical (esp near
salt water) can be very significant.
At arrival angles below 10 degrees these differences can be u
Hi Wes,
When I operate at KP2M there are times I am told we are loud on 160M, but I
just can't pull the signals out of the noise. When I am on higher bands I
will get comments why I can't hear them when we are loud on topband. I don't
know the answer to that. Sometimes I wonder if it is one way pro
With a cloud-warmer antenna and only 500W in the bowels of southern Arizona
working anywhere is problematic, but to the east is worse, even at SS.
I heard a lot of Caribbean contest stations with big signals but never could
work them. I think they are probably using directional RX antennas, bu
I was also struck with one station who was calling lots of CQs with no
answer - with the word "TEST" at the end about 10 WPM faster than the rest
of the transmission. Nothing like changing your speed to help someone who
is having a hard time hearing you figure out what is going on. :-)
Reminds me
Well, we can look forward to the ARRL 160 and the Stew Perry, where the
average speed is considerably slower.
73 Mike
www.w0btu.com
> One problem I frequently encountered was DX stations sending CW way too
> fast. When a station is just out of the noise with fast QSB, as many
> frequently are, th
> One problem I frequently encountered was DX stations sending CW way
> too
> fast. When a station is just out of the noise with fast QSB, as
> many
> frequently are, they're really hard to copy if they're going 45
> wpm,
> especially if they have a short, unusual call, like T5W.
> 73,
> Jim W8
On good propagation years there generally is not enough band to go
split. This was a luxury in this contest.
I have noticed that sometimes faster is better, you beat the qsb ups and
down and sometimes slower is better.
W0MU
On 11/28/2016 7:26 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
I put in my BOG the Satu
I put in my BOG the Saturday before the contest. It’s the basic 200
feet installation with a pair of 8 foot ground rods at each end.One of
those rods was almost impossible to hammer in, but that’s why the Lord
provides strong sons!The second rod went in after about 10 minutes.
I don’
