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

Wayne Burdick n6kr at elecraft.com
Tue Jun 21 18:40:14 EDT 2011


Do we have any experts at path-loss calculations (over typical  
Seattlian terrain) on the list?

Wayne
N6KR

On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:

> 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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