Topband: Soil conductivity maps

[Brian Pease]

Another bit of advice is to move as far north as you can stand, because 
up here the population is steady or declining as folks migrate away from 
the snow belt.

On 4/1/2018 2:31 PM, HP wrote:
> My first priority would be a RF quiet location and best prospects of it staying
> that way - Been in same house over 40 years - last ten years in particular
> ambient noise and incredible numbers of ever increasing RFI sources
> overwhelm my ability to try to resolve . I was on edge of town , pitch black
> at night - little 2 lane road from downtown on other side of mountain preserve .
> Now 8 lane freeway 400 feet away (because the millionaires and political
> influence got the proposed freeway route moved from their area) Houses ,
> shopping centers etc as far as you can see - sea of lights and RF noise.
>
> Just sayin ...... If you can't hear 'em you can't work 'em.... well RHR etc .
>
> Hank K7HP
>
>> On 4/1/2018 7:45 AM, Jeff Kinzli N6GQ wrote:
>>> So I'm looking to purchase a new QTH. I'm not particular about
>>> location, but would like to optimize for soil conductivity and any
>>> other parameters that would increase near and far field propagation
>>> and minimize ground losses. I've seen the US Gov M3 maps, but they are
>>> very coarse. They also only define conductivity, and I'm wondering
>>> what other quantities would be useful to look at.
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