Topband: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

The riveting experience I draw on is one particular IOTA contest where our
group was operating as N4A on Core Banks, NC. The bands were full of
signals in the early afternoon, including stuff on 40 from Europe really
before the band was quite open.

I was walking around with a battery Elecraft K2/10. The AGC was off and the
RF gain set to show contrast between levels. Walking back away from the
water's edge about 400 feet would cause the weak EU to drop out, while US
and Caribbean seemed unaffected. The advantage at the water's edge was
simply startling. I showed it to others in our group and they had the same
impression.

73, Guy K2AV


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:02 PM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> My point is if no one else is on, we really don't how other signals would
> be. It's like a drag race with just one car, or a pony show with one horse.
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