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well, i have a neighbor about 1 1/2 miles away, he thinks he is a "big" station on 6 meters. uses an SDR radio, an M squared antenna @ 90 feet, and is always QRO.

one day he asked me HOW i seem to open the band before him, and close it after him. so i invited him to come over and look at my station,...... nothing fancy , just a PROIII , 500 watts (most of the time it's at 100 watts) and a home made 6 element quad @ 60 feet.

if ya can't hear 'em,........ ya can't work 'em,........ quads ARE quietier on RX than yagi's.

<blockquote data-quote="hookedon6" data-source="post: 274006" data-attributes="member: 7336">well, i have a neighbor about 1 1/2 miles away,&nbsp; he thinks he is a &quot;big&quot; station on 6 meters. uses an SDR radio, an M squared antenna @ 90 feet, and is always QRO.&nbsp;one day he asked me HOW i seem to open the band before him, and close it after him.&nbsp; so i invited him to come over and look at my station,......&nbsp; nothing fancy , just a PROIII , 500 watts (most of the time it&#039;s at 100 watts) and a home made 6 element quad @ 60 feet.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":thumbup1:" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumbup1:"&nbsp; data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":thumbup1:" />&nbsp;&nbsp;if ya can&#039;t hear &#039;em,........ ya can&#039;t work &#039;em,........&nbsp; quads ARE quietier on RX than yagi&#039;s.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hookedon6, post: 274006, member: 7336"] well, i have a neighbor about 1 1/2 miles away, he thinks he is a "big" station on 6 meters. uses an SDR radio, an M squared antenna @ 90 feet, and is always QRO. one day he asked me [B]HOW[/B] i seem to open the band before him, and close it after him. so i invited him to come over and look at my station,...... nothing fancy , just a PROIII , 500 watts (most of the time it's at 100 watts) and a home made 6 element quad @ 60 feet.:thumbup1: if ya can't hear 'em,........ ya can't work 'em,........ quads [I][B]ARE[/B][/I] quietier on RX than yagi's. [/QUOTE]

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