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

Dave Edmonds dave at pkministrywebs.com
Sat Oct 1 09:24:58 EDT 2016


I've got 80/40 dipoles at 10 feet that I've been using for 3 years and 40m
has always been my go to band for the QPs... 80m very tough for me for more
than 150 miles or so... I can work just about anything east of MS on 40m
during day/eve with this set-up... Everyone is amazed at the height of the
ant, but it keeps on working. It works very good from SC to PA!!!

73s Dave WN4AFP

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Evan Duffey <wxduff at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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