"Shadow 998" wrote in message
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Tam,

Yes, the beam is horizontal, and I finally made two contacts on 50.155 USB
shortly after my last post. I hooked up with two stations; one was about
40 miles away feet on a mountain (he came in @+20 over), the other roughly
80 miles (right in with the noise). Since my antenna is only 8-9 feet
above
the ground, it's encouraging.

The F/B ratio seems ok.

Thanks for the response.
Russ
KG6TDX


You did the hard part. Since the antenna is about 1/2 wavelength up, it
should work like gangbuster on 1000 - 1500 mile paths when the band is open.
Oddly, I have worked at least two W0s from here in NJ whose antennas were
strapped to the side of a pickup truck. The 80 mile path will work a lot
better if you can get it about 30 feet up.

Tam/WB2TT