HF and Tassie
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:48
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The Geriatric Gypsies
goodday all
what sort of hf reception can i expect in tassie
will be covering all the island while over there
steve
Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Sunday, Jan 25, 2009 at 20:57
Sunday, Jan 25, 2009 at 20:57
I think 'conventional wisdom' is that St Mary's is best seen as servicing the SE mainland - while in Tas,
Adelaide and
Perth might be best (across all that water is good for HF). Overall, most good contacts on the main VKS sked channels come from a nominal 800 - 2000km - above and below that are commonly the weaker contacts. All bets are off of course when the atmospherics ' go crazy' - then things can get a whole lot better, or worse.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mike DID - Monday, Jan 26, 2009 at 07:28
Monday, Jan 26, 2009 at 07:28
ANY vertical antenna will give very poor HF coverage to any station closer than 500km from you.
With current Ionospheric conditions, you would have to use frequencies below 5 Mhz to get HF coverage within 500km of you.
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 at 06:50
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 at 06:50
yes strange stuff. I usually have problems even hearing
perth on ch2 when between 50-300km although last thursday i had perfect reception from about 200km
ch1 should be a better bet close in but when you cant hear the operator at all is dificult to know when they are going down
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