[Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air

[Kevin Rock]

I am at one half the required altitude.  Guess I'll wait for reports of Es  
and then try again.  Now that the frequency is in memory and the loop is  
reattached things will go more quickly.
    Kevin.  KD5ONS




On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:01:40 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> No expert here, but a little scratch-pad geometry suggests that, assuming
> the Seattle station is at sea level (which Seattle is typically), Kevin's
> mountain would have to be at least 3500 feet ASL for just line of sight.
> Probably need to add 20% to that to clear the Fresnel zone.
>
> One the coast here I'm definitely not line of sight and would need to
> experience a great band opening.
>
> My personal best QRP record is an AM QSO from near Los Angeles to Denver
> Colorado running about 100 mW on an Army AN/PRC6 Korean War era hand-held
> with a 1/4 wave flex antenna sticking out of the top.
>
> But that was during the huge sunspot event in the late 1950's.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Do we have any experts at path-loss calculations (over typical
> Seattlian terrain) on the list?
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
> On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
>
>> I should be line of sight to Seattle.  I know I am south of it and
>> he is using a gain antenna.  Do you think he will reach beyond the
>> outskirts of Seattle?
>>   Kevin.
>


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