Text 5237, 56 rader
Skriven 2012-05-02 20:42:11 av Richard Webb (1:116/901.0)
   Kommentar till text 5236 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: anybody with a dx prefixes map or chart?
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Hi ROy,

On Wed 2012-May-02 04:36, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> YEp, let's see, hmmm, I'm trying to think of which European
 RW> time zone they're on, but it would have been early morning
 RW> over that way iirc.  Probably if I've got my geographic
 RW> right an hour or so ahead of utc.  interesting!

Roy> I found a DL7xx/YO3 operating portable in Bucharest on
Roy> QRZ.COM...can't find it today. Bucharest TZ is +2 UTC...dunno if
Roy> they're on DST there.

Okay, would've been after sunup at his qth then.
Interesting!

 RW> Again very interesting.  I'd guess transpolar path maybe, I
 RW> heard him calling others after I  worked him, and then he
 RW> was out like a light, but right before then I was hearing
 RW> New Zealand, and as I said, vessels south of the equator
 RW> quite well, i actually ran a couple relays for the pacific
 RW> maritime net last night, with my puny 100w and a dipole.

Roy> Sounds like fun.

IT indeed was.  Twenty seems to be opening up again late
nights for us.  IF you've an antenna for it and are up late
at night give a spin through the band, you might be
surprised.

 RW> YOu know, I think it's a bit funny, one leg of my 80m dipole i put up
 RW> late last week runs parallel with my 20, though I tried to avoid it,
 RW> and probably about 1/4 wavelength distance between it and the 20, so
 RW> I figure that leg is acting as a director or reflector, probably a
 RW> reflector.

Roy> Interesting. Is the 20m leg facing (parallel to) SW, towards NZ or
Roy> NE towards Europe?


<hmmm>  Let me describe it a bit.  The 20 is the easternmost of the two,
basically running n/s along its length, probably cocked just a hair nw/se.

The 80 is more to the west, with one leg running pretty much parallel to the
20, with the other lig more at a diagonal
off to the sw to a tree in the front yard.

So, I'd say we're probably favoring Europe a bit, as well as equatorial pacific
a some as well.  WAsn't what I intended
but i'll take it!  Works for my primary activity on 20m well enough.


73
           Richard
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