> One could also get an idea of driving you car across a causeway or > bridge of a salt water inlet while listening to an AM station up on the > high end of the AM band and observing the sometimes astounding weak > signal enhancement. Many times also the power line noises and other > industrial QRN is gone.
So true unless you happen to be in the blessed state of Connecticut where AMTRAK follows the coastline incredibly closely from one end to the other. AMTRAK's overhead power lines are constantly exposed to salty moisture & after years of this environment, often makes for horrific RFI. The railway has affected CT in access to the ocean as well, you have to find an over or underpass to get past the railway and there aren't many of them. There's no RR crossings I know of. the coastline being flat and so close to the water means most of the ocean inlets have RR bridges that are so close to the water that most boats with a windshield can't get through at high tide, forget having one with a cabin. As an AMTRAK passenger you do get a spectacular view to the East. As I've mentioned here before, I'm right on a salt marsh and AMTRAK is less than 50' from my property & about 100' from my antennas. When AMTRAK is acting up, AM station reception around here is not so spectacular. Once you get into the clear the reception on salt water is fantastic. 73, Gary KA1J --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband