Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] More greyline DX, and antenna question

[Russ Edmunds <amfmdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

While your temporary antenna is unterminated, the fact that you're taking signals from one end tends to provide some advantage to the direction away from the receiver - not as much as a termination would, but still enough to be noticeable.


Russ Edmunds, WB2BJH
15 mi NW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id
<amfmdxer@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 w/ Conrad RDS Decoder &
Onkyo T-450RDS; APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8
AM: Sony ICF-2010's barefoot


--- On Sat, 2/12/11, Saul DX <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Saul DX <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Amdx] More greyline DX, and antenna question
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, amdx@xxxxxxxxxx, amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 11:05 AM
> More fun tbis morning pos-sunrise.
> lapeer MI 1230, then 810 Tomahawk WI, both new. The latter
> has been on my most-wanted list, been chasing that awhile.
> Both WI stations on 910 are relogs. When MI was huge I was
> looking for WGTO Cassoplis MI which is on my hit-list.
> Nabbed the 1620 HAR from north of Chicago again, albeit very
> briefly.
> 
> I am wondering if the good cx to the west this trip reflect
> the temporary BOG I laid out on the ice facing west. It
> seems every time I do this, I do well to the west. Last year
> it was a beaut session to BC/AB. This year every time I have
> laid a wire on the ice I've done well in that relative
> direction. Ironically, I have done less than stellar in the
> opposite direction (east) - and given that the antenna is
> unterminated I am a bit puzzled (though happy to evade the
> east, which is generally what my unterminated wires through
> the woods have yielded for me, so the change is welcome). Is
> it possible my radio (at the east end of the wire) acts as a
> partial terminator?
> 
> Saul Chernos
> Burnt River ON
> 
> 
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