[Elecraft] Antennas an opinion W9VNE

[Mike Short]

Try being 20 ft with sandy soil. Hot and humid.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 14:35 KENT TRIMBLE <k9ztv at socket.net> wrote:

> Which is why we Midwesterners are always at a disadvantage against you
> brethren in the Rockies and the Appalachians -- on two scores:
>
> 1)  Height above sea-level is greater on a mountaintop than in a corn
> field (didn't know that, did you).
>
> 2)  Temperatures are cooler and humidity is lower on a mountaintop than
> in a corn field (another revelation).
>
> But we like challenges.
>
> On occasion, a buddy and I have been known to win QRP multi-op honors
> from prairie picnic tables on blistering summer afternoons, and a decade
> or so ago saw our club win 3rd in the nation in a similar QRP 1A Battery
> Field Day.
>
> But who's bragging.  Fun has many definitions.
>
> 73,
>
> Kent  K9ZTV
>
>
>
>
> On 3/16/2020 1:50 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> > I strongly agree.We've operated FD many times from mountaintops and
> > won QRP 1A Battery. It's like having a VERY VERY tall tower.
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
> >
>
> > On 3/15/2020 11:47 AM, Jim Danehy wrote:
> >> L O C A T I O N is the best thing you can have. Not being close to
> >> Salt Water being  on a hill is the best alternative.
> >
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