Sometimes - near your sunrise - angles go high and that diminishes directivity quickly.
Congrats on the QSO!! Tree N6TR On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:56 AM David Olean <k1...@metrocast.net> wrote: > I am not an expert on DX peditions, coming late to HF and 160 meters in > my life, but I could not get over the operator at VP6D this morning on > 1.826. Whoever it was, he was flying and getting the call correct the > first time every time. I was amazed at how well they were doing racking > up the Qs. There was plenty of QSB here in Maine with the signal going > from S 0.2 to about S6 on the S meter. At minimum, they were barely > copyable. At best, they were loud. I used my Europe beverage and found > that it was a tad better than my SW beverage. I am not sure what was > going on there. The Europe wires is a pair of 1150 ft bevs, and the SW > wire is shorter at about 800 ft. After making a contact, I experimented > with diversity on the K3 and had the SW wire in my right ear and the 45 > degree wire in my left ear. Copy was better with diversity, but I think > I need to check my beverage terminations!! Maybe it was an arrival angle > situation that favored the longer wire's pattern. I learn something > every day. > > Dave K1WHS > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector