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

[Kevin Rock]

I should be line of sight to Seattle.  I know I am south of it and he is  
using a gain antenna.  Do you think he will reach beyond the outskirts of  
Seattle?
    Kevin.




On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:26:00 -0700, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com>  
wrote:

> 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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