{"id":3766,"date":"2022-01-23T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T21:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2022-01-23T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T21:32:09","slug":"nvis-antennas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsgarc.uk\/?p=3766","title":{"rendered":"NVIS antennas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have recently been using a half G5RV; very effective for medium distance communications and occasionally  Dx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> I recently tried to set up a CW practise sked into north Devon on 40m (7.0 mhz), signals were very weak  RST 218 sent at 100 watts with QRM and QSB. Seems this may be the skip zone.<br>The answer could be NVIS antennas which could also give an opportunity for HF SSB  club net, and more contacts in the uk, WAB and SOTA .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seems worthy of an experiment so Rex and myself will try some experiments as weather allows.<br><br>Educational notes:- <br><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.rohde-schwarz.com\/pws\/campaigns\/rsa\/Rohde-Schwarz_Understanding-NVIS_v1.1.pdf\">https:\/\/cdn.rohde-schwarz.com\/pws\/campaigns\/rsa\/Rohde-Schwarz_Understanding-NVIS_v1.1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You  tube:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Understanding NVIS\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3IFj_Z5cLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me know if you set up and NVIS antenna and want to try some experiments<\/p>\n<p>John (M0hfh)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have recently been using a half G5RV; very effective for medium distance communications and occasionally Dx. 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