[CQ-Contest] Proximity to other contest stn

[W2CE]

> 
> I would take a rig out there in someone's mobile and listen for myself
> before making a decision.
> 
> --Trey, N5KO
> 

The only way to really know.  

I selected my home on a 160 foot hill that dropped to a river into that
Atlantic with few hundred feet. The performance of the antennas was
excellent. 

The property was surrounded by 35 acres that wa to be developed about 10
years after I moved in. Fortunately all the houses were prewired for
cable TV.

Building stopped just at the 14KV power lines about a 1/2 mile away. 

In 13 years facing those lines towards Europe I never heard any noise
from them and could see an S1 reading even on 160. The only noise
problem was from a bad insulator on a regular line across the street
that was fixed within 2 days and reinspected every year. The guy from
the power company has since also become a ham, N2RAS.

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   Bob Reed, W2CE                     W2CE at prodigy.net
   1991 Route 37 W Lot 109            w2ce at aol.com
   Pines Acres Manor II               w2ce at juno.com
   Toms River, New Jersey  08757
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