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Call Sign : 26 CT050 26 FB080 26 WT105 26 TE171 Posts : 948 Times Thanked : 51 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : NORTH LONDON Equipment Used : ORIGINAL President Lincoln, President Teddy , Silver Eagle microphones , Gainmaster antenna, use a AMP ofcourse I do sometimes Age : 63
Subject: Re: SWL New Zealand on 20m Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:27 pm
Brilliant Craig and a very clear good signal, excuse my ignorance I have had it explained to me a long while ago but I forgotten but what's it mean by long parth and short parth when using a beam antenna?.
Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 439 Times Thanked : 25 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 56
Subject: Re: SWL New Zealand on 20m Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:35 pm
Hey up Martin and hope all is well matey , Normally I would beam short path for New Zealand which for me is pointing the beam North east over or very near to the North Pole , on this occasion I couldn't hear him short path so swung the beam in the complete opposite direction, south west towards the southern most tip of South America ( South Pole ) and up his signal came , will say that there is nothing short path in either direction when working New Zealand lol but one is a bit shorter than the other
Craig
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Call Sign : 26 CT050 26 FB080 26 WT105 26 TE171 Posts : 948 Times Thanked : 51 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : NORTH LONDON Equipment Used : ORIGINAL President Lincoln, President Teddy , Silver Eagle microphones , Gainmaster antenna, use a AMP ofcourse I do sometimes Age : 63
Subject: Re: SWL New Zealand on 20m Sat Nov 21, 2020 8:41 pm
Yeah all OK mate here, that's it I remember now you have explained it ,I would love yo have a try at that but I cant put up a beam at my QTH , my neighbours dont mind my verticals but a beam would be taking the pee lol
Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 439 Times Thanked : 25 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 56
Subject: Re: SWL New Zealand on 20m Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:25 am
Hi Tony yes been some good stuff floating about last few weeks The Yagi is a Mosley MP-33-N 3 element tri bander , 20 /15 and 10m works really well and more than pleased with it The mast is a 12m retractable box mast made by Cug masts up in Aberdeenshire
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 2079 Times Thanked : 55 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 47
Subject: Re: SWL New Zealand on 20m Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:05 pm
Good video, Craig. The recieve on that radio sounds superb.
I really hope to get 41 div in the log this time around. I swl'd 41 div last cycle on the 450d with the Antron up. I had them at 5/5 no problem, just couldn't get back. I should of had the Super Yagi up.
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Subject: SWL New Zealand on 20m 
The recieve on that radio sounds superb.