[BULK] - Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal

Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:26:11 -0500

Thanks Steve,

My house backs on to a natural preserve and the trees their are very high
but not densely populated! My vertical has been up about four months and
no-one has noticed it yet (by that I mean the HOA - too many old people with
too much time on their hands, but I digress Hi Hi)
My dipole has been sitting on the lanai for a while and I have just taken it
indoors. I am wondering if I could string it up between some branches! Now
as far as direction is concerned, to the west of me I have the Gulf of
Mexico about so presuambly I want to be radiating North/South otherwise
East/West will give me the Gulf and the region over to the east coast of FL
????

Thanks again

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Katz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: [BULK] - Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal

> Problem with a six meter dipole is that it's bidirectional, and per
Murphy's
> Law, will always be aimed where stations aren't.  A lower, rotary dipole
is
> much handier.  A six meter antenna needs to be sufficiently high to have a
> good view of a distant horizon; however high that is, depends on your
> particular location and the obstacles you have nearby.  In my neighborhood
> (single story homes, nothing industrial, no tall buildings, and few tall
> trees), getting a 6m dipole up about 30-40' above ground would be quite
> adequate.  In places with lots of 60' tall trees, I'd want the antenna to
be
> above them, so as to not suffer so much foliage attenuation, which can be
> pretty severe at 50 MHz.  -WB2WIK/6
>
> "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [SMTP:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:03 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [BULK] - Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
> >
> > Also, can anyone tell me how high (ideally) I should site my homebrew
> > dipole? I have antenna restrictions (i.e NONE ALLOWED) but have a
colinear
> > vertical up about 60' hidden in a tree. I cant get the dipole up that
high
> > but how high is high enough!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
> >
> >
> > > I thought it was just me! I was on .125 last night and was getting
S5 -
> > S9
> > > noise but it tuned out a bit above and below that frequency. I turned
> > off
> > > anything that might have been causing interference in my shack but to
no
> > > avail!
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Edward Leicester" <[email protected]>
> > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:39 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
> > >
> > >
> > > > the last couple of days here on the east coast have been unusual.
> > there
> > > have
> > > > been several ground wave openings lately. from fm16, I've worked
n3db,
> > > k3tkj
> > > > on several occaisions and heard kc8ihe, all up in the MD DE area.
also
> > > > worked n4wi in fm14. lots of noise too. not just heterodyne but
noises
> > > like
> > > > AU was trying to make its way south. BPL? Nah. Hertford's too small
> > for
> > > BPL.
> > > > Sometimes living in a smal rural area actually has it's advantages.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 73 de Ed/kg4qmi
> > > > ---------------------------
> > > > Edward Leicester
> > > > EC-Perq. Co.  NCARES
> > > > Hertford NC/FM16
> > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~kg4qmi
> > > > need logging software?
> > > > go to http://www.n3fjp.com
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: <[email protected]>
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:25 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [SixClub] re; weak signal
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Wonder if you are hearing BPL?????
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 3/18/2004 5:42:52 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > > [email protected] writes:
> > > > >
> > > > > > David,
> > > > > > Despite the well considered negative responses about
> > > > > > what you heard on 6m last night, there was more going
> > > > > > on than computer problems under your roof. I was on 6m
> > > > > > AM with 4 others and the noise on the band led several
> > > > > > to believe there was a band opening going on or about
> > > > > > to happen. I switched over to ssb and heard wide
> > > > > > heterodynes just above 50.125 and directly on 50.150.
> > > > > > The "signal" on 50.150 had a beacon like rhythm or
> > > > > > more accurately, CW when you are listening in the
> > > > > > wrong mode. I can understand why your would think it
> > > > > > was an opening.
> > > > > > Mark
> > > > > > KB1KBP (soon to be K1RGB)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- David-Hook <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > I was listenning in the 50-51mhz range last night
> > > > > > > and heard all kinds of
> > > > > > > heterodynes, but no beacons or voices.Can anyone
> > > > > > > confirm if the band was
> > > > > > > open?I'm using a homebrew buddipole indoors, so I'm
> > > > > > > not sure exactly what I
> > > > > > > was hearing.QTH is CT.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > David
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