congratulations.

and yes, at 40' the dipole will not be very directional except maybe on 17m
and up, and even there you will still hear, probably just not as loud.

"Doug Birky" wrote in message
...
I am new to HF having just passed my General and code tests. I am putting
up
a dipole the will be running due East/West at about 40ft. I really have
no
other options for installation and cannot run it North/South. I am in
lower
Michigan. My question is will I be able to make any East Coast contacts
with this? Specifically, I'd like to be able to monitor the W1AW
bulletins,
code runs etc. I am interested in contacting the Southern states, but
would
like to know if the East will be accessable.

Thanks in advance,
Doug Birky
KC8YEC/AG