Recent QRP FT8 operations on 2m and 70cm have got me thinking. On the face of it, aircraft and tropo scatter might actually be better on 70cm than 2m.
Certainly for aircraft scatter, the smaller wavelength at 70cm might mean better scattering. I am no expert and may well be wrong. By my argument 23cm might be better still!
Certainly, path losses would be higher on 70cm, but antenna gain at each end can be easier as you go up in frequency.
What are your views?
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I see more - of what I think is - aircraft scatter patterns on 70cm than on 2m during my FT8 experiments. I have no 23 cm equipment to compare. 73 Ron pa2rf.blogspot.com
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