[WARC] NVIS Progress

[Clare Jarvis]

Well this is the $64K question.
(and somehow magically preventing interaction between them).

Clare



On Sunday 02 September 2007 16:55, Leslie Hittner wrote:
> A good test would be to orient an NVIS antenna in a similar
> manner to a high dipole and then switch between the two -
> comparing both received signals and transmitted signals at
> different distances (and somehow magically preventing
> interaction between them).
>
> -Les
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Len Litvan" <Litvan at acegroup.cc>
> To: "W0NE Listserv" <warc at lists.w0ne.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 20:07
> Subject: [WARC] NVIS Progress
>
> > Well....  I ran the 50' random wire dipole horizontally from
>
> the deck
>
> > railing (up 13-14') this evening.  Got into the MN Section net
>
> on
>
> > 3.860--but the station able to read me was "north of
>
> Brainard".  Net
>
> > control, K0BLR in St. Cloud, knew I was there but couldn't
>
> read me.  So
>
> > my check-in was relayed by the Brainard station.
> >
> > Close, but no cigar.....   However--this was my 1st QSO on
>
> 75/80
>
> > meters!!!!  So that's progress.
> >
> > Other than Red, WO0W, this is my first MN contact on HF I
>
> think, so that
>
> > was some progress.
> >
> > Later, I was on CW (SKCC monthly all-day event).  Heard lots
>
> of activity
>
> > on 80 M and other bands, but eventually the only contact made
>
> was with a
>
> > North Point, AL, station on 30 M--hardly NVIS local contact.
> >
> > Tomorrow night I hope to have time to move the antenna down to
>
> 6' and
>
> > try again!  If I have to move it down to 6", I will get NVIS
>
> to work!
>
> > Ont thing concluded today with the help of a source from Ed,
>
> W5TWR, and
>
> > other sources is that a flat top or slightly sagging dipole
>
> seems to
>
> > work best.  Think about it--an inverted V will give some
>
> outward
>
> > directions to the major lobes.  We want straight up.
> >
> > See you on HF tomorrow night!!!!
> >
> > This stuff is FUN!
> >
> > 73,
> > Len
> >
> >
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