Mike K3LOE

Finally got the $10 ten-meter dipole out of the attic and into the air. I feel like a real ham now lol.

Interesting that I don't immediately notice a strong directionality difference in my FT8 contacts, though the antenna is nearly perpendicular to the attic direction and the 'inverted v angle' [what's that called?] of the radiators has been small in both instances.

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May 25, 2025 at 3:58pmWeb
Show threadMike K3LOEMay 25, 2025
However, my skips seem to be more pronounced, with my first hop west landing in midwest states and then second hop dying in the Pacific somewhere. And then I guess two hops the other way lands along the South American coast between Buenos Aires and São Paulo. It was more distributed in the attic, maybe the attic was sending signals at a few different takeoff angles?