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Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

To: Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone
From: Mpridesti via Topband <topband@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Mpridesti <mpridesti@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:48:47 -0400
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
Good fun Ray

Looks like a killer location!  Good luck with the station build. 

Regards,

Mark, K1RX


> On Apr 18, 2019, at 11:20 PM, Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tough crowd! :) 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Gary Smith <Gary@ka1j.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Maine has a problem with wild goats that 
>> chew aluminum & hardline, best to get your 
>> money back while you can.
>> 
>> You can leave what you can't carry here in 
>> CT on your flee.
>> 
>> You're welcome.
>> 
>> Gary
>> KA1J
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> I heard wild Maine blueberries were now a protected species and that
>>> you cannot build there.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 11:45 Mpridesti via Topband
>>> <topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ray
>>>> 
>>>> Didn´t you get the memo regarding Maine is now closed to any new
>>>> Amateur stations?  Thought it was full up!
>>>> 
>>>> Ref. Fresnel zone - looks real bad :)
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Mark, K1RX
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have two questions about fresnel zone.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I just purchased 22.5/ac near the ocean near Machiasport, ME. This
>>>>> is in
>>>> the Northeast corner of Maine about 30 miles south of Eastport and a
>>>> Lubec. This is going to be my personal Remote Contest station! I
>>>> plan to be contesting from this new qth starting in 2020 but will be
>>>> QRV by mid 2019 for testing.
>>>>> This qth is anywhere between 1-3 miles from the ocean or the bay,
>>>>> it
>>>> sits on a high plateau 150´ asl thats slopes in all directions to
>>>> saltwater (peninsula) except N/NW. The property has a saltwater
>>>> river and marsh that runs the perimeter from south to north favoring
>>>> the NE direction,  the marsh is only 50-100' wide and 1500-2000´
>>>> away from the property. The land has a gradual slope to the marsh.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My questions:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1.) Is the saltwater river bed/marsh wide enough to be an
>>>>> effective
>>>> field in the Fresnal Zone?
>>>>> 2.) What is the wavelengths needed to be within the Fresnal zone
>>>>> of a
>>>> river/marsh compared to an ocean?
>>>>> 
>>>>> In this photo album (last pic) I have outlined the river saltwater
>>>>> marsh
>>>> and property boundry from a google earth shot.
>>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ui79t2jFo95b29et6
>>>>> 
>>>>> I´m only concerned about 80 and 160m in the Fresnal Zone.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any input would be welcomed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ray W2RE
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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