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At QRP operating levels, it's more pronounced....If I'm working I/EA/CT's late in the afternoon, my beam is pointing about 60 degrees. If I want to have OH/LA/SM hear me calling them, I have to move the beam to 30 degrees. Really! I thought it was just an odd occurrence, but it happens too often and regularly to be coincidence. But, Trey@HC8N hears me off the back/sides/front of my beam...doesn't matter for him... :-) 73, dale, kg5u > > Makes sense. > When I was using a TA-33, I would point the beam at Europe and work the > Caribbean and SA off the back side of the beam. (East Coast station) > With the C-3, I have to turn the beam south if I want to work them through > the pile-ups. > > Jim > > > > Hi, and thanks for the responses. > > > > I guess I wasn't very clear as to why I want the vertical. > > > > 1. When not at the rig I want to run BeaconSee for hours at a time, > > plotting the strength of the various NCDXF beacons around the world on > > the computer monitor and saving periodically for analysis. Can't do > > this with a beam. Need omni-directionality. > > > > 2. While DXing, would like to be able to monitor one DX station on a > > separate receiver (has he got to the sevens yet?) while chasing other > ones. > > > > 3. The Biggie. While contesting I want to be able to hunt for mults on > > the 2nd receiver (my old 75A4) while CQing on the MkV. I expect this > > capability would enable me to increase my scores by a good 20%. (I'm > > hoping for another 20% from the C4.) > > > > 4. When someone weak calls me off the side of the beam he'll probably > > be a lot louder on the vertical. Work him on the vert and don't waste > > time swinging the beam. > > > > So, you see, I really, really, really do want to have a vertical > > available. I did once have a mobile whip mounted as described over my > > present TH3 tribander. It was perfectly possible to listen to sigs on > > one band while transmitting on another. It would still be there but it > > didn't work worth a damn as a vertical. > > > > So, any advice as to things to watch out for or shareable models > available? > > > > 73 de Jim Smith VE7FO > > > > -------------------------------------------- > Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. > Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com > > To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com > To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com -------------------------------------------- Force12Talk mailing list provided as a service by Force 12 Antennas, Inc. Force12 Web Site: http://www.force12inc.com To Submit Message to the List: Force12Talk@qth.com To unsubscribe and view the Message Archive: see http://qth.com/force12/list For problems with the list: contact n4zr@qth.com |
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