I suppose I should offer some comments on my experiences operating
from a coastal Maine QTH.
My contest station is on an island about 5 miles offshore from
Portland, ME. The island is 3 miles long, about a half-mile wide, and
lies along a line that runs pretty much NE-SW. My house is at the NE
: Friday, April 3, 2015 4:24:19 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea
Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire
feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA?
On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote:
Years ago there was someone using an inverted V
On 3 Apr 2015, at 18:19, donov...@starpower.net donov...@starpower.net
wrote:
Stew's two element inverted-V beam was 265 feet above sea level,
a spectacular location. The water tower is on the edge of a steep drop
to the ocean.
And you get an excellent view of the tower on final
Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire
feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA?
On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote:
Years ago there was someone using an inverted V and doing quite well with
DX. It was later found that he had a long vertical open
Schoenbohm he...@vitelcom.net
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 4:24:19 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea
Didn't Stew Perry, W1BB have basically and inverted Vee with open wire
feeders at his famous Lighthouse QTH at Winthrop, MA?
On 4/3/2015 12:48 PM, k1fz wrote
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
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
away.
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: donov...@starpower.net
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 5:19:11 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea
Hi Herb,
Stew's two element inverted-V beam was 265 feet
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donov...@starpower.net
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 1:19 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea
Hi Herb,
Stew's two element inverted-V beam was 265 feet above sea level, a
spectacular location. The water tower is on the edge of a steep
are only a mile away.
73
Frank
W3LPL
- Original Message -
From: donov...@starpower.net
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2015 5:19:11 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Fw: verticals by the sea
Hi Herb,
Stew's two element inverted-V beam was 265 feet above sea
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