After a week of RX I decided to switch on TX with 1W WSPR as well on 40m. I was very surprised by this spot from fellow blogger VK3TPM Peter. The greyline on both sides probabely boosted the signal.
VK3TPM was previously VK2TPM but moved from Sydney to Melbourne in 2020. Peter is also known for his great WSPR watch app made for iOS.
Curious about how the vertical (blue) receives compared to the inverted-V (red). The vertical is theoretically a DX antenna and should receive good signals from low angles. However, a vertical also picks up much more noise compared to a horizontal oriented antenna. Overall the vertical did not pick up half the amount of spots the inverted-V received.
The vertical is not that bad. Unfortunately a lot of bogus spots again. I think the computer causes this. Unfortunately I have no better computer for the second station at this moment.
Looks like the LOG beats the inverted-V on signal to noise ratio at night. I'm surprised!
The inverted-V is clearly the winner at DX distances. The peak you see between 10-9 hours is a bogus spot.
So, you probabely think the LOG would be a good NVIS antenna. But evidence shows it is almost equal compared to the inverted-V.
DX stations (>7000km), 14 in total (after substracting at least 3 bogus spots seen in the map) on the LOG. Notice I received VK4CEG on the LOG and not on the inverted-V. De LOG is a bit directional and favours the east direction for me.
Others can have different comparisations with their reference antenna. In my case the LOG is no miracle antenna for receive. But like I wrote before, I do not suffer from extreme local noise/QRM you find in cities and larger villages.
More about LOG experiments can be read here: https://www.g8jnj.net/loop-on-the-ground
