Bill...
Put a simple 2nd antenna that is multi directional,like a dipole/vertical. If
you can't make the qso then turn the beam. This is what many of the people who
do SO2R do...
Jeff
>
> From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
> Date: 2003/04/01 Tue AM 08:16:02 EST
> To: <secc@contesting.com>
> Subject: [SECC] Stupid Question - Where to point Beam?
>
>
> OK, I'm going to ask what may seem if not stupid, but an obvious
> question. After over six years contesting with single-element antennas,
> now that I have a beam, I don't always know where to turn it.
>
> This weekend, on Sunday afternoon, it seemed like signals were coming
> from all directions at once on 10m. Even stations that were out west
> seemed strongest beaming south east.
>
> I also had the experience in the 10m contest where I was beaming west
> toward JA. Once the JAs disappeared, the band seemed so quiet as to be
> closed. The first night, I went QRT. The second night, I pointed the beam
> north and ran stations for over 2 hours.
>
> So, where do you point your beam over the weekend? And if you S & P, how
> do you avoid turning the beam for each QSO (other than be like NQ4I and
> have antennas pointing in three directions at once)?
>
> 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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