[Lowfer] 1750 meter band skip zone

[Mike-WE0H]

Hi Andy,

I think it may have been the time when I was running 700 milliwatt 
output on one of the TX loops. It definitely wasn't a vertical antenna. 
However, I was running 3w output for a time with my Part 5 license. Not 
really a huge difference from .7w to 3w. The station listening at 162 
miles was using a Kenwood HF rig connected to a Hygain Hy-tower with no 
special tuning being used and only listening with the speaker. He did 
that several times so I know it wouldn't be likely the same band 
conditions repeated day & night over the period. But...who knows. I have 
plans of returning to 1750m but it wont be QRP this time around, & it 
will be using a smaller TX loop as I have other antennas taking up the 
space my two TX loops once did. A vertical is out of the question with 
my trees. I tested a good vertical against both TX loops and it had to 
be well below 32F for the vertical to over-come the tree loss. The loops 
made the vertical look like  a good dummy load above 32F.

Mike
WE0H
WD2XGI on 1750m



Andy - KU4XR wrote:
>> From: Mike-WE0H 
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>> When I ran a CW beacon on 1750m, it could be heard at 162 miles 
>> day or night.
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> Mike and all:
>
> Man; I wish I could claim those kind of numbers. I have yet to
> have anyone tell me that they " heard " my beacon signal by ear,
> CW or the carrier on and off pattern. Mike were you operating
> under your Part-5 when you got those distances ?? If you were
> operating Part-15; you had one whale of a setup.
>
>
> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
> LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
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