"itoldyouiamnotiamnotgeorge" wrote
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"Jim Hampton" wrote in news:1A9yc.5613$DH6.2539
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"Steveo" wrote in message
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"I ain't George either" wrote:
Tried Rock Green Light tonight. Not too bad at all for a carb light
beer.
Actually has some taste!

Cool, I've not tried it yet. I know most of the lite beers taste like
seltzer water, maybe I'll pick some up for the weekend.

Try some Guinness Stout. Forget that American stuff.

Best regards from Rochester, NY

Jim were you drinking guiness when you made the claim about MUF??

MUF is generally meant a generalized maximum usable frequency which will
support propogation between two point on the globe. There also exists a
minimum frequency based upon effective radiated power, below which the
signal will not be received. Above the maximum, the signal will not be
reflected.

Sporadic e occurs when ionized clouds form. These can be quite small or
fairly extensive. If not very extensive, they may support only one hop and,
being much closer to the earth than the f layer, will not support multiple
hops (they can, however, if extensive enough). If you read the
'guesstimate' on the MUF between two places, it may be on the order of 18
MHz, yet, if sporadic e forms, you may be able to communicate on 12, 11, 10,
or even 6 meters - despite the fact they are all well above the 'muf'.

Of course, as one goes higher in frequency, troposperic ducting comes into
play. One may well communicate thousands of miles on 440 MHz, yet one
wouldn't call that the 'muf'. There is more information available now than
there was in the 50s


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim


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