I have a very low horizon (maybe 1 or 2 degrees) but
K6SE/lake nearly always beats me 1 on 1 in a pileup,
with my 90 ft vertical. I am 300 miles north of the lake.
Rick N6RK
Earl W Cunningham said:
> My ballon vertical QTH on a salt lake bed is in a valley surrounded by
> mountains. With the soil conductivity there, the angle of max radiation
> is less than 7 degrees. However, the vertical lobe doesn't end there --
> there's plenty of RF at higher angles than 7 degrees. The vertical there
> has always been a contender in the contests on 160m.
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