Try being 20 ft with sandy soil. Hot and humid. On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 14:35 KENT TRIMBLE <k9...@socket.net> wrote:
> Which is why we Midwesterners are always at a disadvantage against you > brethren in the Rockies and the Appalachians -- on two scores: > > 1) Height above sea-level is greater on a mountaintop than in a corn > field (didn't know that, did you). > > 2) Temperatures are cooler and humidity is lower on a mountaintop than > in a corn field (another revelation). > > But we like challenges. > > On occasion, a buddy and I have been known to win QRP multi-op honors > from prairie picnic tables on blistering summer afternoons, and a decade > or so ago saw our club win 3rd in the nation in a similar QRP 1A Battery > Field Day. > > But who's bragging. Fun has many definitions. > > 73, > > Kent K9ZTV > > > > > On 3/16/2020 1:50 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > > I strongly agree.We've operated FD many times from mountaintops and > > won QRP 1A Battery. It's like having a VERY VERY tall tower. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > > > On 3/15/2020 11:47 AM, Jim Danehy wrote: > >> L O C A T I O N is the best thing you can have. Not being close to > >> Salt Water being on a hill is the best alternative. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to k9...@socket.net > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to ai4ns.m...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
