[HCARC] Local 10 Meter Propagation Test - Tonight - 6:30 to 6:45 -28.365 Mhz

[Kerry Sandstrom]

Distances from K5KS to 10 meter participants:

    K5KS - K5HV        21 miles

    K5KS - K5XA        23 miles

    K5KS - KM4DR    11 miles

    K5KS - K5YB        17 miles.

KM4DR was by far the strongest  ~ S5.

K5HV was second at  ~ S3

K5XA on the high beam was  ~ S2, but very readable.  On the low beam John 
was ~ S1 and marginally readable.

K5YB was ~ S1 and I could copy his call and a word once in a while..

Since K5HV and K5XA are approxmately the same distance and in the same 
direction from me, I'm surprised that K5HV was so loud compared to K5XA. 
K5XA with the high beam was easily workable and was also workable on the low 
beam but noticeably weaker.

Not sure why K5YB wasn't louder since I think he was using a vertical and I 
think is on the hill behind Wal-Mart.

Station here is an OMNI D, yes a D, ~ 30 years old, with 70 W output and a 
Butternut HF2V fed through a homebrew antenna tuner.  It has 16 radials each 
55 feet long and is 80 feet or so from trees or buildings.  By the way, my 
first SSB QSO with the OMNI D and my first venture on SSB since I worked 
W3XO on 6 meters several years ago.

I would like to try this again with more stations in Kerrville and 
Fredericksburg to see if K5HV is what I should expect or if K5YB is the more 
typical signal..  I should be able to work W4WJ and perhaps AC4CA, but it 
would be nice to know.

Are we going to try this again?

Kerry