Hello, As I am slowing working my way into 160M, I have been listening to my new reversible 480ft Beverage antenna.
I live in a rural area. However, there is one small town about 5 miles from me. The only really strong BC station near me is a 500W (day time) (not 5,000W) station at 1.490MHz. It is about 7 miles away. As I tuned through the 160M band I found an image of that station at 1.915MHz. With the Beverage, in the *NE position* the image reads -117dBm and if I switch to AM mode, I can understand the broadcast. I don't see any other signals on the 160M band. Is it normal to find images like this? B/T/W, when I switch to the *SW position* (the direction of the transmitter and the small town), the signal power rises to -110dBm, but the noise floor also goes up. Is it reasonable to assume the additional noise is probably coming from the small town? Thanks to everyone who has helped me slowly build a 160M station. 73, Wayne KK6BT _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK