I can testify to this too. At 66 degs north latitude propagation
on 160 never got very good during CQWW CW but I spent most of
the time on 160 just to look for new countries.
LPL was the strongest US eastcoast in my RX, still not more then
S-5 but still strongest, KC1XX wasn´t more then S-2 or so.
KV0Q was the loudest US but he is not representative for the
eastcoast, he was around S-7 and that was a big signal (hi).
When will people learn that 60 radials on ground will do the
trick and stop fooling around with the elevated stuff.
73 Jim SM2EKM
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donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
> This year the elevated radials (two per vertical) on my 4-square
> vertical array were removed and replaced with 60 radials for
> each vertical, laid directly on the ground. Each is 120 feet long,
> except at the center of the array where they would otherwise
> cross over.
>
> I thought the e-mail below from K1HTV, one of the W3LPL 160
> meter operators, would be of great interest to the group.
> As W8JI said earlier, P L E A S E don't replace your elevated
> radials with ground radials. We don't need the competition...
>
> 73!
> Frank
> W3LPL
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>
>>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:18:22 -0500 (EST)
>>From: Richard Zwirko <dz@VOA.GOV>
>>Subject: Re: 4 square
>>To: bernie@dailydx.com
>>Cc: W3LPL Frank Donovan <donovanf@erols.com>,
>
> dick_chambers@amecom.com, k1htv@verizon.net
>
>>Tnx for the report Bernie. The 4-Square sure played well in all
>>directions. Dick, after you left Sunday morning, ZL3IX
>
> answered my CQ. He
>
>>was the only station heard in the Pacific. No JAs were heard.
>
> W4ZV put
>
>>out VK3ZL on two different freqs but I couldn't hear Bob on
>
> any of the
>
>>antennas. It was great to hear, but unfortunately not work,
>
> 8Q7DV on the
>
>>Maldives. He was in for over 10 minutes right after our
>
> Sunday sunset,
>
>>QSX 2KHz up. Jack, VE1ZZ was able to break the huge
>
> European pileup
>
>>on 1812.5 KHz. He was the only NA station to work him.
>>
>>On Sunday evening in the last hour, 4U60UN was country #91,
>
> a new 160M
>
>>country high mark for W3LPL in a CQWW CW test. The 70
>
> countries that we
>
>>worked in the CQWW Phone test was also our highest ever. It
>
> was great to
>
>>be the first Stateside station to work Chris, A45XR.
>>
>>As best as I can remember, the only countries heard but not
>
> worked during
>
>>the contest were 8Q7, LU and 9K. 9K2MU showed up at
>
> 23:59Z Sunday with a
>
>>great signal but the clock ran out before I could snag him. I
>
> heard LR2F
>
>>briefly the first night calling another station, then he
>
> disappeared.
>
>>OA4/DL5YWM was heard Friday evening before the contest
>
> started calling CQs
>
>>with a nice signal, but could not hear any of the throng of U.S.
>
> stations
>
>>that were calling him, including many big signal stations.
>
> Looks like they
>
>>didn't work 160M or 80M in the contest. We should have been
>
> able to work
>
>>active SV and TK stations, but we never hear them after
>
> responding to a
>
>>number of Packet Cluster putouts. The Cluser, BTW, was
>
> another valuable
>
>>aid.
>>
>>In the 160M reflector, there was mention from a station in the
>
> central
>
>>part of the U.S.about signals arriving at high angles. It will be
>
> good
>
>>to have a low 160M dipole in our bag of tricks for those future
>
> times
>
>>when signals are better than with the low angle verticals.
>>
>>As in the CQWW Phone contest, the 4-Square (NW) once
>
> again proved to be
>
>>better to KL7 than the West vertical and even better on
>
> receive than the
>
>>NW beverage. During the ZL QSO the 4-Square (SW) was
>
> better than the
>
>>south and the west verticals, and better than the S, SW or W
>
> Beverages.
>
>>When working ZD8, the SW 4-Square was better on receive
>
> than the NE, E,
>
>>or SE beverages. The quiet night sure helped. During the
>
> reception
>
>>of 8Q7DV at our Sunday sunset, I heard him best at first on
>
> the NE
>
>>4-Square, then after a few minutes the NNE Beverage proved
>
> to be the
>
>>better receive antenna. The 60 radials have done wonders to
>
> make the
>
>>W3LPL 4-Square into a great Topband antenna. Thanks Frank
>
> & Bernie for
>
>>installing all of that copper. It was great to work again with
>
> Dick,
>
>>AI3M at the 160M position. We've worked well together since I
>
> joined the
>
>>W3LPL team over 10 years ago.
>>
>>73 de Rich - K1HTV
>>
>>= = =
>>
>>On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote:
>>
>>
>>>10:57:52
>>>
>>>W4ZV Bill
>>>
>>>Bernie last night G3ZES said LPL was the strongest USA so
>
> that should make Frank feel good!
>
>
>>>Bernie McClenny, W3UR
>
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