[Elecraft] OT: 3L rotating 160m yagi

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Wed Dec 31 19:26:33 EST 2008


Bill W4ZV wrote:

> but the difference is significantly more on 160m because 1.8MHz is very
> close to the
> electron gyro-frequency (which varies from about 0.7 to 1.7MHz worldwide
> depending
> on the intensity of the magnetic field), which significantly modifies the
> index of  
> refraction of the x-wave. And as we saw on 10m, the x-wave refracts more
> than the o-wave. 

How do I get a "gyro-frequency"?

73,

Fred K6DGW
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