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Re: [TowerTalk] Help in planning a new QTH

To: "Jim Jones K0HY" <k0hy@comcast.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Help in planning a new QTH
From: "Tom McAlee" <tom@klient.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:33:34 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> Unless you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean how can it be 180
degrees from South America to JA land?  Looks more like 90 degrees to me.

>From my QTH in Blacksburg, VA, Brazil is 144 degrees.  Japan is 328 degrees.
The difference is 184 degrees.

Tom, NI1N


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Jones K0HY" <k0hy@comcast.net>
To: "Peter Hutter" <phutter@Princeton.EDU>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Help in planning a new QTH


> Unless you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean how can it be 180
> degrees from South America to JA land?  Looks more like 90 degrees to me.
>
> 73  Jim
>
>
> Peter Hutter wrote:
>
> >At W2ZQ, I was very impressed with the Steppir's 3 element beam during
> >the ARRL CWcontest. I didn't have another tribander for comparison, but
> >it seemed loud.  The F/B was consistently high across each band and I've
> >found the 180 degree flip feature to be very useful, especially working
> >South Americans during a JA run.
> >
> >Peter WW2Y

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