[Moon-net] QSL + ARRL

[Edward Cole]

At 02:47 PM 11/30/2007, Udo Langenohl - DK5YA wrote:
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>Highlight this week was 3X5A and IT9CJC. Marcello is running 170W into a
>single 7el. yagi. Pleasure to work him. I was -16dB on his single yagi,
>he's got no LNA! He was peaking -27, nice condx on monday night :-).
>
>73 Udo, DK5YA
>
>4x9el. M², FT1000MP+DB6NT TVTR, GS35b, DB6NT LNA;
>--

A single-yagi with no LNA?  Well that is a recipe 
for an alligator.  One thing I have noted running 
with 1x and 2x stations, is that they have 
problems hearing a station that runs the same ERP 
as they.  Transmiting with a single yagi and 
800-1000w is quite effective in Tx, since ERP is 
the same whether its due to antenna gain or the 
PA.  But a single yagi is -6 dB for reception to 
a standard 4x eme array.  MY JT65 signal reports 
with 125w at the antenna run from -20 to 
-29.  Add 6 dB and you will not hear me.

I fail to understand why, when a supreme effort 
is made to go on an difficult DX-pedition, the 
decision is to do away with the single most 
important component?  Or did they burn theirs up?


73,
Ed - KL7UW
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