[Hallicrafters] VHF DX

[Roger K8RI]

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>It was also not uncommon to receive low band TV from as far away as 1000 -
>1500 miles.  Santa Barbara was fringe for Los Angeles (100 miles away) and
>fixed antennas were pointed south east towards Mount Wilson.  Most antennas
>were by the 1950s yagi type antennas, 2 to 4 bays at 35 to 40 feet or more
>above a house roof with no rotor.

Just a extra bit of information... 6-meters was open from Michigan to Mexico 
for about a half an hour last night (bout 0100Z /August 22)  It was open to 
the Gulf Coast for several hours and this was on a quarter wave vertical at 
30 feet.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)