Hello All,
When the sunspot cycle was lower (a few years ago) I could hear Europe
shortpath with a very very long(4 wavelengths) Beverage that ran down a steep
hill toward Europe loosing 150 feet of elevation at the front. A four square
made the receiver show 20 DB over S9 with a white noise sound(no white noise
with Beverage). There was no trace of Europe with the 4-square. This happened
almost every night for about 5 years but has been gone for about 3 years now.
I expect it to start again in a year or so. I noticed that other western
stations usually did not hear the European stations at all. This was receiving
from Arizona. I have often wondered what was going on. This "under the
umbrella" theory may be an answer?? I think the very long sloping Beverage
antenna had a very low angle of reception and a very good front to top
ratio(sharp elevation reception cutoff). I must receive right through the
aurora oval to Europe. It was weaker 5 years ago than now. If anyone has some
thoughts about this I would appreciate them.
Best Regards,
Don Andersen w7dd
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