Although not what was exactly being asked for, there is a very good Height
Above Average Terrain calculator available at the FCC web site:
_http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/haat_calculator.html_
(http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/haat_calculator.html)
Put in your coordinates and you get the HAAT in all directions, with
resolution selectable down to 1 degree radials.
Note however that it only covers HAAT from 3 to 20 KM, so you still need to
avoid very local terrain features. But if you, or your antennas, clear
anything within that donut hole, you can find out just how good that location
is.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 8/5/2009 11:57:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
andres@msu.edu writes:
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 06:55:19 Renner, PY7RP wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> I am making a study about good places for VHF Contesting.
> I wanna prove that there is a good place, the optimum place
> to setup a station and this place has the biggest probability
> of getting a good high score instead of others.
>
> The study of case is being made on the Brazilian VHF Contest
> called "CB144". The score formula is based on the sum of
> all distances between contacted grids, multiplied by the number
> of contacted stations.
>
> Has anyone ever saw any study like that?
>
> 73 Renner
> PY7RP
I have been thinking of this all day, and I don't see how you can make
a meaningful study of "good" places. There are many variables which
will determine how well you do on a contest besides the physical
location, so I don't think you can quantify this.
One thing that all good places have in common is height for the
antennas. Beyond that, things diverge.
--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf en82
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