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Spy Numbers / Re: New V24 prediction chart, April 30, 2016
« on: April 30, 2016, 1743 UTC »Quote
I periodically check that chart also, as well as a few other places. I notice that this month the sources for that chart finally got one of the 1600z transmissions. I wonder why they are not seeing those transmissions very often? There were three transmissions inn the 1600z time period in April, and four in that time slot in March.
I had noticed that they weren't updating the chart as quickly as other times. (There are a few times when I was checking at, say, 1500, and the broadcast log being updated right at that moment, so it's disconcerting when a few days pass without any new data.)
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I have a few different HF antennas, including 3 pointed specifically at Asia and the South Pacific. One Rhombic (450 feet apex to apex, pointed 310 deg true) pointed at Asia, one V-Beam (legs about 300 feet long) pointed at Asia, and another Rhombic pointed at the South Pacific. Other HF antennas here include a third Rhombic pointed at Europe, multiple dipoles from 160 meters to 20 meters, a couple of small loops like the Wellbrook 1530, a Skywave Loop, and a few beams covering just below 40 meters and up.
With your location in the winter you are more likely to be able to hear V24 and the 1200z / 1300z schedules for V13. I have operated mobile from CO (and other states) and heard both stations there, but for sure not as well as I hear them here.
What you can do for antennas depends on how much area you have to work with. The V-Beam can be an option if you want to optimize in a specific direction, but while not as large as a Rhombic they are not small.
Thanks for the information and tips. Space is a problem for me - although I have a pretty decent sized lot (for the city), my backyard is diagonally bisected by our house power line, which comes in nice and low, maybe 20 feet above the ground. It not only hampers where we could plant trees when we bought the house, but means I have a triangle shaped patch of space (much of it squeezed between my house and my next door neighbor's) to work with. But I will look into those styles you mention and see what I can do.
Thanks so much for the information!
