At 05:11 5/10/2008, Ron Wright wrote:
At 122 ft HAAT you can get 30 miles to a mobile, but this is assuming flat terrain. To an HT not unless one is on a mountain or air plane, hi.
I routinely hit the Mt Vaca repeater (2m, 2900ASL) from a hilltop (780ASL) 50 miles away. Most of the intervening terrain is relatively low. Using 5w and a rubber duck on an Icom T7H. So all you need is a good line of sight, even for a pretty long distance.
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