Topband: Level Playing Field

Thomas F. Giella NZ4O nz4o at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Oct 31 05:51:28 PDT 2009


I live on a suburban city lot of just under 1/2 acre with a high QRN level. 
My transmit antenna is a 1/4 wave coaxial inverted L with a 40 foot vertical 
section. My receive antenna is an 8 foot diameter coaxial loop.

It's difficult for me to get through the RF wall of the Mid Atlantic and New 
England regions when trying to work Europe. Often times propagation does not 
favor Florida to Europe.

I will never win any of the 160 meter contests but it sure is fun to play in 
them. I do it for the challenge not the paper.

73 & GUD DX,
Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O
Lakeland, FL, USA
nz4o at arrl.net

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