[160m] Working DX on 160 during the warmer months

[Mike Waters]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> ...
>>
>  Hi Mike,
> ...
> The real key to reducing noise is nulling a wide area with a very wide
> null, and hoping the storms are all in that area. You can hear how very
> sharp antennas with wide null areas work by listening to these sound files:
>
> http://www.w8ji.com/dx_sound_files.htm
>
> The patterns of these antennas are here:
>
> http://www.w8ji.com/w8ji_rx_ants.htm
>
> ...
>
> Nothing else works besides having the narrowest possible pattern, which
> means the widest area of null possible.
>
> 73 Tom
>


Hi Tom,

I found the plans for your 8-circle array in ON4UN's Low-Band Dxing (4th
edition) starting on page 7-33. This has got me kind of excited; it looks
like it will make DXing on 160 in the summertime much easier.

Is the information in the book complete enough to build your 8-circle
resulting in the nice pattern at the bottom of
http://www.w8ji.com/w8ji_rx_ants.htm? It almost looks too easy.

What kind of a radial system is required?

Thanks,
Mike
W0BTU