[GCARC] HF, bats, azimuth

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> On Jan 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM, Todd Foster  <w2tef at boidem.org>  wrote:
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>  Thanks, Tony. I'm unaccustomed to having access to a Yagi! I'll keep the  
> 90 degree nulls in mind.
>
> Big antenna, big radio: that's a luxurious station.
>
> Thanks for confirming the standard compass orientation of the rotator. I  
> found an Azmuthal map at: https://ns6t.net/azimuth/
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> 73 de Todd W2TEF
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> On 1/29/24 11:17, Tony Starr wrote:
> >  Todd,
> >   
> >  I don't know anything about bats in the attic, but I do know that  
> >  working stateside off the back of an HF beam is pretty common and fairly  
> >  easy. Even if they are down by 10-20 dB, if Europe is coming in at  
> >  10-20 over S9, the stateside guys can still be close to S9 with no  
> >  problems. The only real nulls occur off the ends of the elements.  
> >  Therefore, if you aim the beam at Greece or Italy, maybe a heading of 60  
> >  degrees or so, you will have a strong null at 90 degrees from that,  
> >  which would be toward the Caribbean islands. The stateside guys will be  
> >  behind you, and will be down a bit, but will not be in a null. And  
> >  remember, the beamwidth of an HF Yagi can be pretty wide, so it is less  
> >  like a laser beam, and more like a flood light. Hope this helps! 73  
> >  for now.
> >   
> >  Tony K3TS
> >   
> >  On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 9:58 PM Todd Foster  <w2tef at boidem.org  
> >   <mailto:w2tef at boidem.org>>  wrote:
> >   
> >  I appreciated using the clubhouse again tonight for HF! I made 12
> >  QSO's,
> >  11 for the SST for 110 points.
> >   
> >  The bats in the attic were very noisy! I think they didn't like the
> >  cool
> >  breezes.
> >   
> >  Is there an azimuth map in the clubhouse? And, on the antenna rotator
> >  for the HF station, is 90 due East and 270 due West? With the antenna
> >  pointed, I thought, toward Europe, I was still talking to OK, MO, CA,
> >  and WA!
> >   
> >  73 de Todd W2TEF
> >   
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