You would certainly be correct about the exposure.
The site of the N4A Core Banks experience I related no longer exists
in the same configuration.
In 2011, Hurricane Irene removed 350 feet depth of shore line, moving
the shoreline 350 feet west by northwest. So the then first 350 feet
of walking
-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of pat
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:08 AM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: Modeling the proverbial "vertical on a beach"
I worked a yb long path from w8lt in the 80s through a pileup using 100
watts. Antenna was a half square at
I worked a yb long path from w8lt in the 80s through a pileup using 100
watts. Antenna was a half square at 120 feet across the open end of
Ohio stadium. Maybe being near a more conductive ground made your
mobile antenna more efficient. Guess I'm not seeing any magic here.
N8vw
>On August
I think that what is being suggested is, that if you have two signals, one
S9 and the other right at noise level. The salt water advantage shows up
more on the weak signal. Let us say both increase by 6db the S9 signal
won't
be noticed as louder, but the weak signal will now show clearly abo
Also, KFI can be heard
at noon in the SF Bay Area on ground wave, but the same
cannot be said of KGO in the LA area. I would concede that
KGO seems to have the superior ground wave signal across
the bay on the peninsula vs other SF bay area stations.
Rick N6RK
Over the years, transmitted si
