I notice that a LOT on top band. I think it is a combo of local noise and
really strange propagation. I noticed over the years that 160 does not
behave 'normal'.
I didn't get my 160 inv L back up this year, yet. So I tied my 450 feeders
together that feed my 40m delta loop way down at the end of the lot. And
the dang thing worked well enough to work some of the boys. Hmmmmm,. may
have something here.
Dan/W4NTI
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>
To: "Sherman Banks (W4ATL)" <w4atl@arrl.net>; "SECC" <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] NAQP SSB
> On 8/18/02 10:22 AM, Sherman Banks (W4ATL) at w4atl@arrl.net wrote:
>
> >I need to work on a better 160 M antenna. Only 5 QSOs on 160. Thanks to
> >all who were able to hear me. I'm not sure where the RF is going. I
think
> >I'm heating the ground.
>
> You know, I made a few more 160m Qs, but I found it odd that many times I
> could hear stations calling each other, even when they could not hear
> each other. In one case, two stations in the midwest were Q5 copy, but
> the CQing station couldn't hear him. Local noise?
>
> I used an 80m doublet at 35 feet on 160m, fed with a tuner.
>
> --
>
> One comment - I think the radials I put down for my 80m shunt feed
> actually helped my 40m 1/4 wave sloper more. The sloper was much more
> effective than in January. The 80m Shunt didn't get any better signal
> reports than the 80m doublet.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>
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