[PaQSO] long 40m, try 80m more?

[Evan Duffey]

Pete,

Your antenna for 40m has been a vertically polarized antenna right? To keep
40m short, low horizontal antennas provide an advantage, as they pick up
local signals better, often much better than vertically polarized antennas
(especially outside of groundwave distances). If you operate mobile then
you don't have much of an option, but for home stations, getting a low
horizontal wire up if you don't have one is worth doing. On 80 this also
holds true (although most of us have our 80m wire "low" in terms of
wavelengths as is. But if your primary 80m antenna is also a vertical, then
again a low wire may help in-state.

Evan - N3TWM

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Pete K0BAK via PaQSO <paqso at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> I'm really into NPOTA, and I've noticed that since around April,
>
> 40m is been "long". From here in the Philly burbs,
> I now almost never hear parks on 40m in EPA, metro NYC,NJ, WDC, or
> northern MD and VA. So, I wonder if 40m daytime will be as
>
> effective for in-state county contacts and neighboring states
> as it was for the previous two years.
>
> I've only been active two years, so I don't know the seasonal band
> patterns.
> In those two years, 40m daylight seemed to be the bread-and-butter
> band for QSO parties, but I wonder if it will work as well now.
> Should we consider spending a bit more time
> on 80m daylight for longer groundwave if 40m isn't as productive
> as expected?
>
> Would be interested in hearing from the experienced operators who've
> been through a few propagation cycles.
>
> -- Pete K0BAK
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