[TowerTalk] Ground level and sea level

[Michael Tope]

Yeah, I am at 1700ft ASL which sounds impressive until you realize the
the mountain next to me is around 4000ft ASL :) If you ever want
experience first hand the contrast between a good DX QTH and a bad
DX QTH all you need to do is come over here to my QTH and operate.
I have both depending on what direction I am working towards. Towards
the Pacific it is great - I work pretty much everything, even with crappy
antennas. Toward West Africa working from here competitively is like
trying to pee up a rope. Most of the time the only thing I hear is the hiss
coming from the speaker :)

73 de Mike, W4EF...................................

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji at contesting.com>

>
> That would be good too, but you gave info about the
> surroundings.
>
> What seems to happen is someone says "I have an antenna that
> is 991 ft ASL so it........." Fill in the blank with you
> want. There isn't any reference to what's around it.
>
> I can't visualize if it is in a hole 500 feet deep or on top
> of a 500 ft steeply sloped rise.
>
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