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Personally when it comes to DXing I think the TOA isn't nearly as important as many people think it is. I wasn't really interested in getting into another discussion over this, but will put forth a hypothetical situation.

Say you get all of the radiated signal in the lowest RF lobe at say 5 degrees. This is great for further away contacts, no argument with that. However, if conditions would allow for skip at say 15 or 20 degrees and you are putting little to no signal at that angle you are effectively skipping over potential contacts. This is fine if the person you wish to contact happens to be in the narrower area you wish to talk to, but if they are not, or you are just looking for contacts...

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[QUOTE="The DB, post: 399195, member: 21346"] Personally when it comes to DXing I think the TOA isn't nearly as important as many people think it is. I wasn't really interested in getting into another discussion over this, but will put forth a hypothetical situation. Say you get all of the radiated signal in the lowest RF lobe at say 5 degrees. This is great for further away contacts, no argument with that. However, if conditions would allow for skip at say 15 or 20 degrees and you are putting little to no signal at that angle you are effectively skipping over potential contacts. This is fine if the person you wish to contact happens to be in the narrower area you wish to talk to, but if they are not, or you are just looking for contacts... The DB [/QUOTE]

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