Overnight I remained on 2m FT8 RX with the vertical omni antenna. The height of the big-wheel and V2000 are similar as are the gains on 2m for the big-wheel and V2000.
In all, 34 stations in 4 countries were spotted in the last 6 hours on 2m FT8 RX. This is very similar to the results with the big-wheel, suggesting many stations come in via aircraft scatter, where the polarisation is randomised. Staying on overnight is a waste of time as most stations were spotted in the last few hours.
Conclusions? I agree with Martin that much of my "real DX" on 2m is via aircraft scatter.
22 Jan 2020
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Regards,
Martin - G8JNJ
Thanks Martin.
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