I can't speak for our bretheren in the Rockies, but most of the people
in my part of the Appalachians live in the valleys with mountains around
us. I don't live there now but I did grow up there. Utilities,
especially water, are very expensive on mountaintops and icy roads in
the Winter are deterrents. Also, electric storms in the Summer are
terrifying.
Jim - W4BQP
K2/100 #2268
On 3/16/2020 3:32 PM, KENT TRIMBLE wrote:
Which is why we Midwesterners are always at a disadvantage against you
brethren in the Rockies and the Appalachians -- on two scores:
1) Height above sea-level is greater on a mountaintop than in a corn
field (didn't know that, did you).
2) Temperatures are cooler and humidity is lower on a mountaintop
than in a corn field (another revelation).
But we like challenges.
On occasion, a buddy and I have been known to win QRP multi-op honors
from prairie picnic tables on blistering summer afternoons, and a
decade or so ago saw our club win 3rd in the nation in a similar QRP
1A Battery Field Day.
But who's bragging. Fun has many definitions.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
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