Thanks for the post, Nick. It seems like the amateur radio operators might finally have discovered what fanatical DU-DXers discovered four years ago. Gary
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <n...@ieee.org> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2015 9:44:59 PM Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: Re: Topband: Vertical Antenna on a cliff above the Sea from the Topband Reflector: >N6BT, the excellent designer behind the original Force 12 antennas, >has studied this extensively and gave a great presentation on the >topic at Pacificon this fall. He showed that a vertical antenna at >the edge of a bluff has a strong propagation advantage in the >direction of the dropoff. The antenna still needs radials, just like >any other vertical (other than a half wave). > >73, Jim K9YC >_________________ Pacificon is a radio amateur convention; this last one in San Ramon, CA. At first glance, I cannot actually find anything specific about this topic on their website, though N6BT did give a presentation on antennas. Anyone know anything further? best wishes, Nick _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
