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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Broadcast Announcements => Topic started by: jackson_r on December 03, 2015, 0135 UTC
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I will be commencing about a 10 minute test on 6920 USB from the west coast of the U.S as soon as I send this.
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Nothing heard on the SDR recording.
Are you still using the same antenna (6 ft whip) ?
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Negative. Using a 40 meter dipole, but it's stretched across the top of my 6' privacy fence in the backyard. I can't put it up any higher as HOA rules are such I have to keep it out of sight. I'm going to fire up the amp tonight with 200-300 watts and we'll see what that does.
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Negative. Using a 40 meter dipole, but it's stretched across the top of my 6' privacy fence in the backyard. I can't put it up any higher as HOA rules are such I have to keep it out of sight. I'm going to fire up the amp tonight with 200-300 watts and we'll see what that does.
Be careful - as poet said, complaints are what the FCC acts on. That type of power shouldn't be necessary to get out assuming you're using a decent antenna.
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Point definitely well taken. I only intend to use as much as I need to get out. I have a decent antenna, but unfortunately there are no decent mounting spots. I'll keep at it.
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Good luck - post before you test and let's see what happens - I'm not far from Chicago - that's a little better than half way to where some other listeners are so maybe I can give you some feedback. My qth has been quiet and, well, ya never know......