[Lowfer] Groundwave experiment - XR to WD4NGG

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi Garry; I tend to agree with you. The overland path attenuation is
very high between Todd and myself. The bearing shows my signal having 
to cross the largest land mass of the Smokey Mountains of any direction
to the East, and South East directions. The bearing between Dex and 
myself also crosses the mountains, but not nearly as much land mass
in both situations; distance - 210 miles, and mountain terrain. So
Dex copies me in QRSS at any time of the day.



Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA
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--- On Fri, 10/22/10, Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Groundwave experiment - XR to WD4NGG
>
> Andy and Todd,
> 
> Perhaps the reason Todd doesn't copy your beacon the entire
> daylight period is related to your terrain, which is mountainous, 
> at least over some of the path. I normally copy EAR and MP 
> (when it was at the watering hole) all day here using QRSS30, slow 
> and an e-probe antenna. Apparently, Mitch (MP) copies my beacon on 
> the reverse path also. The path lengths are 575 and 597 km,
> respectively, but they're over a fair amount of water and no 
> "mountains".
> 
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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