[OKDXA] FT5ZM

[Kim Elmore]

For me, my best rx signal was on a beam heading of 20-30 deg. That has been the case for me all along. 

Kim N5OP

"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith

> On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:50, John Geiger <af5cc at fidmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So what exact beam heading is that?  They were booming in here Sunday
> evening on their short path heading for me-126 degrees.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> 
>> I have found that the best heading is skewed almost 90 deg to the west
>> (CCW) from the shortest path heading ( about 29-30 deg). This has been
>> uniform for all bands. Since they are very near the antipode for us, SP and
>> LP start to lose meaning. Every beam heading essentially points to them and
>> vice versa. The skew has to be due to geomagnetic affects.
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as
>> the music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>> 
>>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:20, John Geiger <af5cc at fidmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Congrats! Need them still here.  What time did you work them, and was it
>>> short or long path.  Heard them fairly well on 20m this morning, assume
>> it
>>> was longpath.
>>> 
>>> 73 John AF5CC
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Gary McCrorey <garylm at kiamichiwb.org
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>   HURRAY FINALLY WORKED THEM ON 20M CW.  GOOD LUCK ALL
>>>> GARY WQ5R
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