[Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air

[Wayne Burdick]

Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may only be audible to fairly  
close stations unless there's a serious band opening.

Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:

> Hello Kevin,
>
> Trust that all is well with you.
>
> It crossed my mind that if your QTH is off the back of Doug's W7RDP/ 
> B Moxon
> and you are some distance apart, you might not hear his XG3 beacon  
> because
> of the large f/b ratio that is typical of a Moxon. For example one  
> of my
> wire 40m beams was a Moxon and was back on to Continental Europe  
> (DLs, Is
> and such), and its f/b was a good 30ish db depending on the angle of  
> arrival
> of the Eu signals.
>
> 73,
> Geoff
> GM4ESD
>
>
> Kevin Rock
> On June 21, 2011 at 22:06 Z, Kevin Rock wrote
>
>> I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal  
>> loop
>> and on my G5RV.  No signals at all except for one birdie.
>>   Kevin.  KD5ONS  CN85jq
>
>
>
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