Hi Tom,
Were you in on the K9NS station operation? I've probably worked you
before. One of these days I'm going to visit K9NS.
I have the feeling some people are using multiple antennas or halos when
they do finally hear me and ask for my grid square so they can move the
main beam. W9ICE used to do this too. They had one of the loudest signals
on the band here. I haven't heard them in the last few contests, though.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, k9tms@mindspring.com wrote:
>
> Dale;
>
> When you are running a large amount of power this can be an issue. With our
> 2 meter station we are now in the higher power class, we try to do a couple
> of things to make sure we don't miss any one trying to work us. First we
> use several antennas, most of the time we use a stack of M2 loops and a
> beam. THe trick is to switch back and forth regularly to see if some one
> else maybe there with a weaker signal. At other times we have used 2 beams
> and the loop stack. The beams are mounted 90 egress off each other and fed
> separately. Again the issue is making sure the operator uses all the
> antennas.
>
> Tom - K9TMS
>
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