Hi All, My team is currently on DXpedition to Uganda 5X8C We have erected receive antennas here in 5X with very poor success. W e have used the same antennas at other places with great success. Pleas
Dave, Which bands are you listening on? It's possible you'll find that the antennas perform better on 40m or 30m than on 160m or 80m because of your latitude, which is near zero. I understand there
Hi Dave, My first thought is an artificial noise floor from some device at your location. How much S meter difference between antenna off and antenna connected ? Do you have battery power for your tr
Dave, You signals are great on 160 night after night with QSB of course. You might wish to try some spider wires hooked to you ground both at the feed point and the termination point. Four or five wi
Hi Dave Your dilemma sounds very much like the one described by Robin, WA6CDR during the XZ0N operation some years ago. I hope he will weigh in on helping with a solution. Water can be your friend on
Dave, Your difficulty may be the result of expecting vertical polarization to work well an low geomagnetic latitudes. In his " Big Gun's Guide to Low Band Propagation", the late Bob Brown, NM7M, desc
Dave: You may have tried many of these things but here are a few suggestions: 1. Check and re-check all audio lines and connectors 2. Bypass beverage box, preamps and any other devices, attach antenn
So put you're receive antenna hat on. We suspect the ground is the problem. We are located on the shore of Victoria Lake at a resort. The soil appears to be sandy but with fresh water lake nearby. 20