I'm with you both, never rule out your vertical! During one ARRL 160 contest a few years ago, conditions were such that I used my inverted-L over 90% of the time *even though I had two 580' switchable-direction Beverages*. Signals at my central USA location were coming in from all directions.
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:13 PM Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: > I agree with Ed, never rule it out. Me, I > tried beverages over my available space > (Salt marsh with phragmites everywhere) > and they were more than worthless in this > specific location. I think between the > proximity to salt water and the dry leaves > making static, the beverages were much > louder than my L. > > I tried several Rx options and the 3 > element HI-Z triangular was my first > genuine success for low band Rx. Loved > them so much I bought an 8 element and now > use the 8 & 3 for diversity with the K3s. > Best choice I made. > > There are times though when I listen to > the transmit antenna and hear a specific > signal the best. Very rare, but it > happens. > > Just my 2 pence. > > 73, Gary KA1J > > > I use beverage "almost" all the time for receive on 160M. However, > > there are times, clearly a minority, when listening on my phased array > > of 2 verticals is better. When conditions are super quiet in the > > winter and signals are weak from a very distant station. Don't rule > > out your Transmit antenna all the time. > > > > 73 > > Ed N1UR > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector