Posted by
Edward R Cole on
Jun 22, 2011; 6:48pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/XG3-6M-beacon-W7RD-tp6505576.html
Bill,
And I hope you realize that comparing 6m propagation to 80m
propagation is not fair! Most likely the XG3 beacon on 50-MHz will
only utilize ground-wave prop. There may be some tropo-scatter
effect but that is usually more enhanced higher into VHF/UHF.
Of course if Es or MUF> 50-MHz are in existence, you can achieve
unbelievable 6m DX with low power.
Your proposal for 10m is more on an equal plain if there are no
enhanced propagation effects.
On an average day up here under the Auroral Belt there is no 6m
enhancement and making contacts over 100-miles with ground-wave can
be a challenge even with 100w! Almost always I find 2m is superior
to 6m ground-wave.
That may change now that I am getting a 6-element (13-dBi) 6m yagi
set up. But then antenna gain nearly always helps
(point-to-point). The nice part of antenna gain is it works in receive, also!
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Message: 45
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:44:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bill W4ZV <
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
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I hope you realize that 1000 microwatts (1 mW or 0 dBm) is very QRO in the
world of weak signal beacons. Try 27 microwatts at a distance of 546.8
miles on 80 meters. ;-)
http://www.eham.net/articles/10078When lightning season is over (next fall), I'll hook up my XG3 to my 3-stack
on 10 meters (22 dBi gain) and see if you can hear me in W6 land.
73, Bill W4ZV
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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