[TowerTalk] Re Railroad tracks

[Ian White G/GM3SEK]

Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>There was some station down near the texas gulf coast as i recall, that 
>had a directional array along side a rail line, unused i guess, and the 
>consensus was to forget it.    The tracks went along tangential to the 
>radial fields, which i think is your situation also,

On the other hand, if you happen to be operating in the middle of a 
switch-yard, all those parallel rails make a great reflector for NVIS.

And if you have to haul up a tower, you can flag down a passing 
locomotive.  Lots of mass, lots of traction, and the best slow-speed 
control you could ever imagine.

BTDT, at a railroad museum. A Pullman car makes a nice comfortable 
shack, too :-)


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73 from Ian G/GM3SEK