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Question 92

How is a directional antenna pointed when making a “long-path” contact with another station?

  1. Toward the rising sun
  2. Along the gray line
  3. 180 degrees from the station’s short-path headingCorrect answer
  4. Toward the north

Explanation

The long path is the great circle route the other way around the Earth, so it is exactly the reverse bearing of the short path. Turning the antenna 180 degrees from the short path heading points it down that route.

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