I use a 1530 as well, its mounted on a rotator about 2ft above ground level on
a Barenco
socket/spike. Works well 80m down to 500khz but being so close to the ground
its a bit deaf
above 80m as you would expect. My understanding is that for hf it should me
mounted high up but
for lf its better low down near the ground.
A rotator isn't really necessary as the beamwidth is quite broad but where I do
find it useful is
nulling out the local qrm, switch modes etc.
>I can hear NDB's nothing on 500kHz
By NDB I assume you mean the 200/300khz variety so if you can hear them, 500khz
shouldn't be
a problem. I recent wspr activity on 500khz I found I could hear everything
that others were
hearing...at reduced strength of course, but then I don't have the room for
"big gun" antennas
here :-)
73
Trevor G0KTN
|
