[BVARC] follow up new guy question.
Marc Reiter
beachcatbum at gmail.com
Mon May 15 12:19:01 CDT 2023
i have done the wspr thing, and I can get the beacons all the way to
Australia, I have not heard any aussis on the line. I guess I can try
some ft8 with them. I will give this antenna a thorough inspection to
see what It can do before I raise the next one.
marc.
On 5/15/2023 12:12 PM, Rick Hiller wrote:
> Time of day, propagation all have an effect. Ur antenna is
> omni-directional, or should be. Depending on deployment with
> buildings near by etc.
>
> You hear them but do you work them? The WSPR comment is worth a study
> to do that. The Beacon newsletter has an article about WSPR and how
> to do it in the Sept 2022 edition.
>
> GL..... you are doing just fine.....Rick W5RH
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 10:32 AM M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc at bvarc.org>
> wrote:
>
> Been a ham 4 month, so far I can regularly hear and TX to
> illinois, NY, NJ,NC georgia alabama, missouri and Fla, I
> occasionally hear california, cuba mexico, have my antennas been
> directional to the east coast, are there just more hams in these
> areas? are the various metal roofs power lines and other factors
> in my yard pointing my TX/RX in that direction, have I not
> listened long enough? I hear these people but rarely who they
> are talking to. mostly I hear the guys with booming 1.5k
> boosters. (they always tell you) are my antennas just not up to
> the quality yet?
> thanks for your thoughts,
> Marc
> KI5ZHO
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