Idea for a new Phorum : DX Log

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TA Forbes Wrote:Hello, Bill: I can only recieve signals, but I often hear the stations that I recieve asking for listeners to send them reception reports. Hmmmmm..... neat idea!

That is pretty good. 40 watts is not a lot of power. You have to have your antenna system riight to transmit/recieve long distance signals. I noticed that you were using a vertically polarized antenna. What are your opinions wiith respect to vertical versus horizontal polarized antennas? How about inverted "L"s and yagi systems?

Hi,

Most hams will respond to SWL reports. SWBC stations still do for the most part but regular BCB stations rarely do nowadays.

I use the vertical for simplicity. I don't have any good tall wire supports on this small lot and my tower/big antenna days are over. I've been quite satisfied with it but its far from being the best antenna.