[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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