[Antennas] 2M Weirdness

Sun, 09 Mar 2003 21:17:10 -0800

[email protected],Internet writes:
>A group of us regularly talk simplex on 2m. The closest person is 25 miles
>north of me. The next person is 3 miles east of him, about 26 miles from
>me.
>And the third person is 14 miles north east of the first guy. Each person
>is
>running at least 50 watts into decent 2m antennas from 35 to 50 feet high.
>I'm running 100 watts into a Ringo Ranger at 30 feet.
>
>Here's the strange thing. On some nights, like tonight, I can hear guy
>number one, but his signal is a couple of S units below normal. I can't
>hear
>guys 2 or 3 at all, and normally I hear them okay. They hear me full scale
>on their S meters. My swr is 1:1 on my antenna.
>
>One way propagation? They're hearing me as they always do. Any thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kelley -- W�RK
>
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Sure, I can conceive of one way propagation...if we are talking of
bouncing one way there and another way back to me.

David
w7dbh
OREGON