Jim, You should have stayed in Illinois and bought some farmland downstate on the Mississippi.
I moved from a city lot in New York to an acre lot in New Jersey a couple of miles from the ocean. When I moved here 23 years ago I was surrounded by gentleman farmers and noise level much lower . I was was successful on 160 with 100 watts and an inverted L against radials. The noise level has steadily increased and some farms have been replaced by townhouses. 73 Mike N2MS > On 11/16/2023 3:19 PM EST Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > > > On 11/16/2023 10:07 AM, Salvatore Borace wrote: > > Hi Dietmar, dont pay attention for many lazy people want FT8 > > Salvatore, > > FT8 is a weak signal mode, providing the advantage of about 15 dB more > noise rejection than CW. From my QTH near San Francisco, I haven't heard > EU on CW for 3 years; in 8 years, I've heard 6 EU stations, and two have > heard me. When I moved here from Chicago in 2006, I was able to work EU > on CW. The difference is MUCH louder noise on both ends of the QSO. > > All with the same TX and RX antennas, including a 100 ft Tee-vertical, a > 550 ft Beverage to EU, and a two-element array of phased loops spaced > 5/8 wavelength. > > 73, Jim K9YC _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
