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Re: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

To: "Arthur Delibert" <radio75a3@msn.com>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning
From: "on7eh" <on7eh@skynet.be>
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 21:46:39 +0100
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Art and all,

unfortunately, I do not have a PC in the shack outside contest days, otherwise an answer could easily be provided. For sure, its presence was annoying, not hearing the expected noise in between the dit and dah's at 20wpm...

BTW: I ruled out the TRX given the infrequent echoes and the noted difference in signal strength on the Beverages...

Michel, ON7EH


-----Original Message----- From: Arthur Delibert
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 3:45 PM
To: on7eh ; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

Approximately how much delay was there between your transmission and the echo?


--Art Delibert, KB3FJO


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From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of on7eh <on7eh@skynet.be>
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 4:32 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

For the first time,
I heard my echoes on topband, yesterday morning starting around 05 UTC.
They lasted for at least 1 hour, with some OFF-periods in between.
I had to quit at 06 UTC. (still 1 hour before surise)

The echoes were loudest on the short Beverages (<60m long) heading N/S and NE/SW and several dB lower on the NW/SE Beverage. (about 130m long). The Tx setup is modest with Elecraft K3/100 and inv L at 15m height, sloping down to 11m.

Only DX heard that morning was USA (typical condictions) so I wonder what else does hearing echoes indicate?


73,
Michel, ON7EH



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