[Elecraft] NVIS HF vs VHF line-of-sight & CB

[KG7FYI]

I am planning guy wires even on the standalone to help but as you note 
when it starts all bets are off.
73
Stan
KG7FYI
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On 04/30/2017 06:23 PM, Phil Kane-2 [via Elecraft] wrote:
> On 4/30/2017 1:22 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
>
> > I have always wondered how towers hold up during earthquakes. Being 
> able
> > to work with ad-hoc antennas seems a good attribute for any 
> emergency plan.
>
> Radio Station KGO(AM)  in San Francisco has its transmitting plant
> (directional array with three self-supporting towers) not too far off
> the San Andreas Fault that shook in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
> The top section of one of the towers folded down upon itself - and those
> were big strong towers.  The entire array was rebuilt.
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
> From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon 





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