Thanks everybody for the input. I also took a chance and contacted Art
again this morning. He is going to put a card in the mail to me next week. Must
have just mislaid the one I sent back in 2007.
Will let you all know when I receive it.
73...de Goose W8AV
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The BBC had a news article today about Dull twinning with Boring - hope Tree is
amused!
Will see about planning a DXpedition to Dull so that I can work K7RAT :)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28691197
Jeremy G3XDK/G4AGC
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Topband Reflector Archives -
Just to note that the low-angle radiation produced by monopoles is not
accurately shown by a NEC model/study that does not include the surface
wave, regardless of whether one or two ground-plane media are specified in
the model.
Below is a link to a NEC study of the low-angle fields of a
Just to mention that the prior opinion is controversial and not universally
agreed upon. Nor to date has anyone surfaced with actual measurements made
at the distances (25 to 50 km) and with span of altitudes (0 to 10 km) to
either prove or disprove either side.
It remains unproven modelling from