[SixClub] 6 meter vertical

[AA6DX]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AA6DX" <aa6dx@pacbell.net>
To: <sixclub@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter vertical


| WRONGO .. Bob, polarization IS a factor between the two stations
| | communicating.  .. MOST of the time, they should be "dancing" .. but,
that
| | is not 1��% true, but USUALLY, it is THE important factor.   You have
| | experience with this, n'est-ce-pas?   I used to use a 6M Gotham TWIST
| | antenna back in the early 70s  ..   it was great for snaggin sigs .. but
| the
| | 14 el horizontal KLM used to kick it's butt, usually, after the band was
| | really OPEN ..
| | Now have a 14 el laying (lying?) in the back yard, will be sticking in
the
| | air, and just my swapped HF for a Ranger 1��W 6M radio so I can
| | listen/Transmit, and provide a live feed to the Internet 6M fans,
without
| | tying up other rigs for the job.  Now, you have me thinking .. how about
a
| | every so often I switch `tween hor and vert ... like every hour?   Easy
to
| | do!  Idea is to have like a "reverse" beacon .. you send, on .. say
| 50.125,
| | a HELLO test .. and then, about 15 seconds or so, later, you get back
the
| | results of your hallllloooo on the internet, via my site .... @
N7�  --- 
| | then, 5 minutes later, you do it again, other polarization (my station
has
| | switched aerials on the 60 minute marker, so you would have to take that
| | into consideration) And, in the meantime you can flop your poles .. --- 
| then
| | you will know something you only suspected before?  What say, OM ..
and
| | howdy to those out there reading this .. whatcha think?  Note .. this
will
| | be a totally remote thing, as my station, for this exercise, would not
be
| | TRANSMITTING .. just "lurking" and putting the results available via the
| | Internet.
|
| ----- Original Message ----- 
| From: "Christopher Boone" <CBoone@earthlink.net>
| To: <sixclub@mailman.qth.net>
| Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:30 PM
| Subject: Re: [SixClub] 6 meter vertical
|
|
| | You really dont see the difference MOST of the time......actually a
| | CIRCULAR polarized antenna works best in skip or DX mode....because any
| | shifts in polarization is ignored by the CP antenna....a Linear antenna
| | may "see" a reflection shift from one pol to another and yes, you could
| | end up with a deep fade then....but with a CP antenna, you only lose 3db
| | or so all the time...and have less fades due to pol shifts.
| |
| | Chris
| | WB5ITT
| |
| | Richard J. Fiero II wrote:
| |
| | > you can use vertical to horizontal on dx but you do still lose 20db.
| | >                                                            Joey
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