"NoNads Woger" GlendaleStalker@psycho wrote in message
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I've been using RG-8 for most of my comms. Not a problem so far. I notice
that my transmit is much faster than my receive in that I can talk to
stations several minutes before they answer me.

Since my RG-8 runs uphill, I am assuming that my outgoing power takes a
bit
longer to get to the antenna. Meanwhile, the incoming signal comes down
the
antenna wire and blocks out some of my outgoing signal. Since the incoming
signal is running down hill it is faster than the uphill signal.

Is there some way I can get around this? Can I change the angle of the
uphill wire to slow down my transmissions? Can I make my downhill wire
longer so it will slow down the incoming transmissions? Or should I make
the
uphill transmission wire longer and talk slower?



Roger



You need to switch to mini 8 coax to create a restriction. Smaller wire
means slower transmission. If that doesn't get you close enough, buy an
incoming signal resistor. You will have to calculate the impedance for the
desired frequency using this formula: 0u812.Ic divided by xtc% to the 666th
power, multiply by your callsign and subtract the round root of the number
of cw wpm that you can copy and that will get you the value of the incoming
signal resistor. Or you can just use 2 coat hangers with tin foil on the
back to make it directional. Add more hangers
and you can make 20 or 30 element beams.