[Towertalk] Cushcraft R7000 and Salt Water Locations

[Pete Smith]

At 10:03 AM 3/12/02 EST, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/11/02 6:26:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
w4zw@comcast.net 
>writes:
>
>> I call the ocean "nature's amp".  Works for me.
>
>    W7RM (significant multi-multi station, 300' above saltwater on top of 
>Foulweather Bluff, WA, and a 300 degree saltwater shot - a WORLD CLASS 
>location) claimed that the saltwater was worth 10 dB. 


It would be interesting to look at the various antennas at that QTH in YT
or TA -- given the effective height of those antennas, I'd expect them to
be too high for some paths (like JA).

73, Pete N4ZR

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