[LeArc] Letter to the editor.

[Joseph L. Rossmiller]

After 25 years of ham radio, I have finally found the answer to a
question that has long eluded me.  Namely, why can I hear the DX station
so well, but he can't hear me?

Thanks to the short article concerning the gravitational gain
experiments being conducted by Dr. Beldar, L1AR, (see page 21 of the
April 2002 QST.) the answer is now crystal clear.

When I receive a signal from my antenna located 60 feet in the air, I
get a hugh gravitational gain as it falls down the coax to my shack.
Thus the strong receive signals.  But when I transmit, I'm trying to
push my signal up that same 60 foot hill, and the poor signal is too
pooped to propagate by the time it reaches the antenna!

Fortunately, the solution is clear.  I will move my receiver to the
basement of my house and continue to use the 60 foot antenna for
receive.  I will then move my transmitter to the attic, and connect it
to a ground mounted vertical.  Thus I will have gravitational gain on
both transmit and receive!  No more hearing the DX and them not hearing
me!  And I sure all the running up and down the steps will make my
doctor happy who keeps telling me I need to exercise!

Thanks for such an eye opening tidbit.  I hope you can spare more space
in a future issue for Dr. Beldar's continued research.

73 de Joe - AG9Y

Joseph L. Rossmiller
232 E. Jefferson
Macomb, IL  61455-2204