On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:47:33 -0700, Richard Clark wrote:

On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:49:45 -0400, "Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)"
wrote:

He reported the faraway
station as weak but readable, and I was receiving it loud and clear, about
10 over S9.

Hi Rick,

The difference is called propagation, and you have the advantage of
being in line-of-sight. Even a Christmas tree bulb can communicate
that far at those antenna heights.

Good afternoon, Richard.

I guess I wasn't clear. Stations A (me) and B are 10 miles apart.
Station C is 90 miles from both stations A and B, broadside to a line
between stations A and B. Station A runs a cut dipole at 17 feet and
Station B runs a B&W at 25 feet. Station C comes in weak at Station B
(with the B&W) but strong at Station A (with the cut dipole).

I suppose that propagation between Stations C and A will be different than
between C and B, but usually not that different...