u/NovaStarUK

Stopped right after I stopped recording

Hi, I'm trying to transmit to my closest WebSDR which is the Ross-on-Wye one, it is 6 miles away from me and my rig is capable of transmitting up to 35W PEP. It is weird because my contact from Monmouth (17.7 miles) can hear me just fine and so can people from the Forest of Dean. It appears I can't transmit and receive anybody if they're not down the South, the South is specifically behind my house as it's quite an open area down there so I'm able to hear and transmit people over there. Someone else hopped on the channel as me and my contact and I could not hear him but my contact can. Ross-on-Wye is on the right side of my house. So it's probably either the trees that's obstructing it (see last picture for the right side) or the walls are obstructing it.

My aerial is a silver rod 1/2 wave 17 foot. My SWR is on 1.0-1.4. I am using USB to transmit and receive it and have been using USB the whole time, trying all the other modes for transmission tests does not help. The furthest Bristol WebSDR can receive it but not very well and it's very distant, I have to use beep sounds to be able to hear it. Any advice?

(p.s. I've never heard the chirp sounder go off on my rig as well)