[SixClub] New to Six Meters

[Barry Bogart]

Steve is dead on, and that reminds of another
advantage of a directional antenna - the ability to
point to where the other opeators are. Where I am, in
Vancouver BC Canada (CN89) just above the NW corner of
the US, virtually ALL my regular contacts are toward
the south - Seattle, Portland, LA. It isn't just
because there aren't so many Canadians on Six - it is
just because most of them are on the other side of
mountains, in particular the Cascades and Rockies. So
while I do have a rotator, it is just pointing SSE 95%
of the time, like my dipole was. On those wonderful
times when I did hit the East Coast with Es, I don't
think it mattered what kind of antenna I had or where
it was pointing - I have worked Vermont QRP broadside
several times.

72, Barry
VE7VIE/KD7IGX 

--- Steve Katz <stevek at jmr.com> wrote:
> every small antenna
> improvement can yield
> large, noticeable improvements in working radius. 
> Here's why "working
> radius" is important:
.
.
>So, you've
> multiplied the number of stations you can routinely
> contact by a factor of
> 16 to 1, simply by adding a small beam.