Good fun Ray Looks like a killer location! Good luck with the station build.
Regards, Mark, K1RX > On Apr 18, 2019, at 11:20 PM, Ray Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Tough crowd! :) > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 18, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Gary Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maine has a problem with wild goats that >> chew aluminum & hardline, best to get your >> money back while you can. >> >> You can leave what you can't carry here in >> CT on your flee. >> >> You're welcome. >> >> Gary >> KA1J >> >> >> >>> I heard wild Maine blueberries were now a protected species and that >>> you cannot build there. >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 11:45 Mpridesti via Topband >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Ray >>>> >>>> Didn´t you get the memo regarding Maine is now closed to any new >>>> Amateur stations? Thought it was full up! >>>> >>>> Ref. Fresnel zone - looks real bad :) >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Mark, K1RX >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Ray Higgins <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have two questions about fresnel zone. >>>>> >>>>> I just purchased 22.5/ac near the ocean near Machiasport, ME. This >>>>> is in >>>> the Northeast corner of Maine about 30 miles south of Eastport and a >>>> Lubec. This is going to be my personal Remote Contest station! I >>>> plan to be contesting from this new qth starting in 2020 but will be >>>> QRV by mid 2019 for testing. >>>>> This qth is anywhere between 1-3 miles from the ocean or the bay, >>>>> it >>>> sits on a high plateau 150´ asl thats slopes in all directions to >>>> saltwater (peninsula) except N/NW. The property has a saltwater >>>> river and marsh that runs the perimeter from south to north favoring >>>> the NE direction, the marsh is only 50-100' wide and 1500-2000´ >>>> away from the property. The land has a gradual slope to the marsh. >>>>> >>>>> My questions: >>>>> >>>>> 1.) Is the saltwater river bed/marsh wide enough to be an >>>>> effective >>>> field in the Fresnal Zone? >>>>> 2.) What is the wavelengths needed to be within the Fresnal zone >>>>> of a >>>> river/marsh compared to an ocean? >>>>> >>>>> In this photo album (last pic) I have outlined the river saltwater >>>>> marsh >>>> and property boundry from a google earth shot. >>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ui79t2jFo95b29et6 >>>>> >>>>> I´m only concerned about 80 and 160m in the Fresnal Zone. >>>>> >>>>> Any input would be welcomed. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Ray W2RE >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> _________________ >>>>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >>>> Reflector >>>> >>>> _________________ >>>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >>>> Reflector >>>> >>> _________________ >>> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband >>> Reflector >> >> >> >> _________________ >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
