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March 25th 07, 10:27 PM
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Ship without a sail
"Mark Zenier" wrote in message
... In article , John Plimmer wrote: Well Steve, my main interest is MW DXing and I am always up to date with the possibilities there. But my home town of Montagu, whilst being a little bit of paradise, is not a good DX location at all, due to the high mountains that surround it cutting off the low angle distant DX. What's reception like on top of the mountains? Mark Zenier Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com) -- It's easier to drive down to the coast one and a half hours away - the DX there is fantastic. I'm going again with a couple of DX pals on April 14th to a DX site right on the beach near Stilbaai. The little town of Montagu is at an elevation of 770 ft, whilst the tops of the surrounding mountains are 4,600 feet. Getting to the top is only for serious experienced climbers, certainly not for an aged septuagenarian. I guess if some young climbers carted the radio gear to the top of the mountain it would give good reception, but not as good as the seaside. The seaside experiences a phenomena known as "sea gain" which gives an enormous boost to signals John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods Drake SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100 BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A. GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop, PAORDT Roelof mini-whip http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx |
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