Hi, Those intellicast pages are new for me and I looked at them and strikestar. According to them I don't have much chance of doing anything at all with my modest station. But I am going to try *anyway*. My transmitter doesn't care about local noise so it's down to whether I can somehow sort out signals from junk. And maybe dodge lightning!
I've recently started playing with some old technology just for fun and when I got one of the radios up on the "big" antenna I was pleasantly surprised how well it tamed conditions. My other receivers were hacking and coughing with static (40 meters). I also have been playing with the old transistor and tube broadcast receivers with loopstick or multiturn loop antennas. Those just happened to wander in here when I wasn't paying attention. Those are amazing in their ability to null out strong local transmitters in favor of very weak distant ones. I'm taking notes for 160 and the upcoming 600 meter ham allocation. Rock the radio (and antenna) this way or that in three dimensions and all sorts of stations come in or are nulled out. I couldn't identify all the stations I heard because I am stuck with only English. I knew about those antennas but had simply forgotten about them over the years. I have to see how much those can help me on Top Band and maybe 80 meters. Maybe some of you may already know and can give me some pointers. See you in the Stew. 73, Bill KU8H _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
