Was that town in the Iron Range? And if so, could all the iron ore deposits play a role?
- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, NCDXC Secretary > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Jim Rhodes > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 07:47 > To: Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > Cc: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DZOTA: Dead Zones On The Air > > When I was growing up in Minnesota there was an area of a nearby town that > would blank the signal of whatever radio station you were listening to on the car > radio as you were driving through, AM or FM. Not an industrial area either. > Never did figure that one out. Always meant to go back and see if I could map it > better and maybe find out what was causing it. Would like to have talked to folks > living near there. > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 9:19 AM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Joe, > > > > I'd just google each company's coverage maps. > > > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > > On Dec 10, 2019, at 7:12 AM, Joseph Street <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > DZOTA so....most of Canada then. This jives perfectly with my > > > desire > > to go hike where nobody else wants to go. I might just get bitten by > > this bug along with a few thousand mosquitoes and blackflies. One > > problem though, I've never owned a cell phone. I need some other way > > of knowing when I'm in a dead zone. Any suggestions? > > > > > > Joe ve3vxo > > > From: [email protected] > > > <[email protected]> > > on behalf of Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> > > > Sent: December 10, 2019 9:46:09 AM > > > To: Elecraft Reflector > > > Cc: [email protected] > > > Subject: [Elecraft] DZOTA: Dead Zones On The Air > > > > > > Have you seen those cell-phone company maps showing how much of the > > country they cover? Inevitably, they reveal a patchwork of Dead Zones > > (DZs): places where coverage is not just bad...it's non-existent. > > > > > > In such inhospitable realms, your choices are smoke signals, sat > > > phone, > > or ham radio. This smacks of an opportunity. Hence DZOTA. > > > > > > DZOTA places are often DeZerted. In fact, they are often in dezerts, > > > in > > contrast to many of the conspicuous high places typical of SOTA. This > > may be a benefit to outdoor radio enthusiasts who, when hiking, prefer > > level ground or even a gentle downward slope. And in an emergency, > > those hikers might be the only ones around with comms. > > > > > > Where are the most notorious DZs? I have a few tiny cell network > > > black > > holes in my urban neighborhood, thanks to AT&T. But the truly > > inspiring DZs are far from civilization, covering tens or hundreds of square > miles. > > Typically, they're also far from sources of noise. > > > > > > I have no illusions that DZOTA sites will be officially tracked and > > chased anytime soon. Still, the "NO SIGNAL" icon on my phone now has > > new meaning. It's a bug you, too, can change to a feature just by > > keeping a radio in your vehicle at all times. > > > > > > In my case, it's the spare KX2 and AX1 under the driver's seat. > > > > > > 73, > > > Wayne > > > N6KR > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > Elecraft mailing list > > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this > > > email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > > > [email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > > [email protected] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
