Hello all,

I am beginning the process of searching for some land on which to build a
home. It will be located in the Pacific Northwest, in a fairly rural area.
I expect to indulge myself heavily in my radio hobbies, including ham radio
(especially on the HF bands) as well as a fair amount of Short Wave
Listening. I would like to solicit advice on how to evaluate a potential
location for quality of radio reception.

Aside from the obvious (i.e., a high elevation, away from high voltage power
lines, plenty of room for antennas, etc.), are there any other attributes I
should consider to ensure the location will be conducive to my radio
activities?

Dennis

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:55:29 -0400, "Dennis Gibbs"
wrote:


Hello all,

I am beginning the process of searching for some land on which to build a
home. It will be located in the Pacific Northwest, in a fairly rural area.
I expect to indulge myself heavily in my radio hobbies, including ham radio
(especially on the HF bands) as well as a fair amount of Short Wave
Listening. I would like to solicit advice on how to evaluate a potential
location for quality of radio reception.

Aside from the obvious (i.e., a high elevation, away from high voltage power
lines, plenty of room for antennas, etc.), are there any other attributes I
should consider to ensure the location will be conducive to my radio
activities?

Dennis



Why just ''high voltage'' power lines? I'd avoid all power lines.

Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"Dennis Gibbs" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I am beginning the process of searching for some land on which to build a
home. It will be located in the Pacific Northwest, in a fairly rural
area.
I expect to indulge myself heavily in my radio hobbies, including ham
radio
(especially on the HF bands) as well as a fair amount of Short Wave
Listening. I would like to solicit advice on how to evaluate a potential
location for quality of radio reception.

Aside from the obvious (i.e., a high elevation, away from high voltage
power
lines, plenty of room for antennas, etc.), are there any other attributes
I
should consider to ensure the location will be conducive to my radio
activities?

Dennis

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:55:29 -0400, "Dennis Gibbs"
wrote:

Hello all,

I am beginning the process of searching for some land on which to build a
home. It will be located in the Pacific Northwest, in a fairly rural area.
I expect to indulge myself heavily in my radio hobbies, including ham radio
(especially on the HF bands) as well as a fair amount of Short Wave
Listening. I would like to solicit advice on how to evaluate a potential
location for quality of radio reception.

Aside from the obvious (i.e., a high elevation, away from high voltage power
lines, plenty of room for antennas, etc.), are there any other attributes I
should consider to ensure the location will be conducive to my radio
activities?

Dennis



First and formost I suggest you check out the noise level. Take a rig
with you and listen. There are probably several things on your list
but the noise level should be on top.

Good luck es 73

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:21:29 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote:


Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites
Pacific Northwest is Tsunami Country. All the good cliffs are taken.

David wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:21:29 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote:


Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites
Pacific Northwest is Tsunami Country. All the good cliffs are taken.

Much like all the good minds were already taken when yours was handed out!

Run along and tote it, 'tard boy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:24:16 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:21:29 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote:


Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites
Pacific Northwest is Tsunami Country. All the good cliffs are taken.

Much like all the good minds were already taken when yours was handed out!

Run along and tote it, 'tard boy.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm


If you think a mind is something distributed like sandwiches at a
picnic you are excessively delusional. Now run along and quit
bothering the grown-ups.

David wrote:

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:24:16 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:21:29 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote:


Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites
Pacific Northwest is Tsunami Country. All the good cliffs are taken.

Much like all the good minds were already taken when yours was handed out!

Run along and tote it, 'tard boy.

If you think a mind is something distributed like sandwiches at a
picnic you are excessively delusional.

Delusional? No, I'm not like you at all.

Go tote it, 'tard.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

In article ,
David wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:21:29 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote:


Yes, the single most important location for outstanding DX on LF, MW and HF
is to site yourself right on the beach.
Much discussion has taken place about the "ideal" DX site and there is
considerable consensus among serious DXer's that DXing on the waters edge at
the beachside gives a major boost to signals.

Good luck in finding the Holy Grail of DX sites

Pacific Northwest is Tsunami Country. All the good cliffs are taken.

No kidding. If Guy Atkins and his friends are out at Greylands when
The Big One hits, they'll be operating maritime mobile. It's a good 3-5
miles to high ground, according to my DeLorme state atlas.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

David wrote:
Why just ''high voltage'' power lines? I'd avoid all power lines.

Hard to do inside a house with power lines. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp


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