[Milsurplus] D Day Comm

[David Stinson]

From: W7QHO at aol.com <W7QHO at aol.com>

>Concerning the BC-611 from the beach, in a test last summer with units on
the shore
>and on the SS Lane Victory we were able to get reliable two-way coms up to
a couple of miles
> over a clear, salt water path.    Almost 20 miles out, a GRC-9 on shore
(working into a large antenna)
>was still almost full quieting on the 611 receiver using only the whip.
>On the shore, the 611 signal was just decernable at this range.
>Determined later that one of the 611 transmitters was weak and plan to
>repeat the test this summer along with an SCR-608/BC-659 combo....

Are you folks going to do "on the beach" vs. elevated "on the cliffs"
for the BC-611?