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No it was definitely propagation. No way in hell I can do a signal like that without it.

No no. It was from one of those SDR sites I found on youtube. The SDR site was located in Buffalo,NY. It was weird to hear the conditions coming into Buffalo from the different states as I recall a lot of the conversations from my end in comparison. I just tried to locate the youtube links and...

I found this at the ARRL dot ORG site but it was referring to a horizontal antenna over flat ground "The dipole is a straight length of wire (or tubing) into which radio-frequency energy is fed at the center. Because of its simplicity, the dipole may be easily subjected to theoretical...

It could have been. I just thought it was weird that it truncated my signal so abruptly but with mother nature I guess anything is possible

Just for clarification, Are you are referring to a beam antenna mounted horizontally 5 feet off the ground? If so, Why? Because most people I know mount their horizontal orientated antenna higher than just 5 feet. Thanks.

Maybe I should have said that all the way up that corridor starting from Alabama to Ohio and Pennsylvania I was doing 15-20 S units. Then the signal just dropped off once it hit Buffalo. Not that my signal bounced down to just those 2 states. Sorry for the confusion. I had radio reports of 15-20...

That's really weird. On Dec 4th when skip was rolling, I was on my 5 element pointing north. I have seen video gates where I am hitting Ohio and Pennsylvania at 15-20 S unit's (the videos were from both states). Yet I saw another video gate where my signal is barely 7 S units into Buffalo, NY...

RF appears on the braid because it comes out of the antenna jack of the radio.

I'm a little confused?? If YOUR readings on the collector are 0.6v as you posted above, where is the 5.5 coming from? Or do you mean it should be 0.6v on the collector and your reading 5.5v??

Yep. NDI in Japan made it.

Tr37 (2sc945) I'm guessing you took your voltage measurements in receive mode? You should read (Base .70v) (Collector .10v) (Emitter 0v) Let me know what voltages your getting in transmit mode on Tr37. For Tr38 (2sa1232) in receive mode your voltage measurements look ok. Again...

I think I heard the same guy. 3AT147 was that his call sign?? He was hard to understand...lol

lol...dunno where my brain was. I was thinking AT-6666 instead of the 5555. Sorry.

Man, I had to shut it down. I think I'm all dx'ed out for the day lol.

Those Astro plane antennas are stout. Good DX'n antenna. Get it up brother!

Yup. Typical class C biased amp. Can you imagine what his signal would be like if it was all being transmitted on 28 instead of all that IMD power broadbanded up and below the set channel? I have a few around here that run at least 600-1000 w just to talk down the street from each other. I could...

I tell you what. I had a local that heard me talking to 999 in Windsor, Ontario . He texted me on the phone and said my "audio was loud and drowned out the hornets nest of chatter" I think that beam is somehow making my audio sound louder than it does off the ground plane?? Probably just the...

Probably pin 6 that carries the power...don't want any magic smoke.

I don't care who you are. That there's funny hehehehe

Yes, sir. That is the only channel I hang on. I have better than 10 S units of DX coming in my radio this morning. Just made me a coffee and I'm heading on back down to the shop. Not gonna miss a good morning of DX :)