[HCDX] DX Antenna and angle of reception questions

["Gary Crites" <pacificdx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

DXERS:

When I first started in shortwave (1997) there were few to talk to about radio in this area of the world. Shortwave in America on the west coast is about as popular as Ice Hockey...No Ice! Half the entertainment out here is watching someones reaction to seeing your longwire antenna strung out on the ground for the first time. They look at you like maybe you're the man from mars or maybe a terrorist!

Here's my questions:

I've read two conflicting theories about dx reception. One article stated that vertical antennas are better because they are better suited the the LOW ANGLE to the horizon Dx signals tend to have. Then I read another article about someone who just strung his wire on the ground (verticle pattern) because rare dx signals are mostly HIGH ANGLE signals. Who's correct?

Here's another one: I seem to have better reception dxing west out over the Pacific in the morning than east in the evening over land. Do radio waves propagate better over water than land?






When in doubt...
string out more wire!
73's
Gary Crites
Eureka, California
Sangean 803A, 37.5m tuned wire

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