When propagation faded later on I thought I try the lowest band possible, I didn't try 160m yet on my new setup. On 1840KHz I saw a german station calling Japan. So a quick view on the Japanese FT8 frequency 1908KHz revealed I did receive at least one Japanese station. For the fun of it I just tried with 50W not expecting anything. A few moments later I had 4 (!!) Japanese stations in the log.
I can't imagine it is just the vertical I use. There has to be excellent propagation yesterday evening...
But so far I am impressed with the results.
2 comments:
WOW that is amazing results Bas! The vertical seems to be doing the job for you.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Hello Mike, but not really as expected. Although I have to make further tests. I had the assumption the vertical was better on 40m compared to the inverted-V but it isn't, not even on DX. Of course I knew that since the vertical only has low angle radiation on 10MHz and above when I simulate it with EZNEC. However, why it is working so well on 160m is not known to me?? There might be a kind of induction coupling with the tower?? 73, Bas
Post a Comment