If you are interested in topband propagation. . .being located in the north,
or at least the north central part, is not the optimum place to be. Being
on topband here in Iowa for the past three decades, I can attest that those
to the south of me (even Missouri) enjoy consistently better prop to both EU
and Asia. Here in the upper midwest we are constantly fighting the aurora
oval. I am forever hearing guys roughly near my longitude but 400 - 1000
miles to the south working things that I cannot even detect. 73. .
. Dave, W0FLS
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Pease
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2018 1:58 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Soil conductivity maps
Another bit of advice is to move as far north as you can stand, because
up here the population is steady or declining as folks migrate away from
the snow belt.
On 4/1/2018 2:31 PM, HP wrote:
My first priority would be a RF quiet location and best prospects of it
staying
that way - Been in same house over 40 years - last ten years in particular
ambient noise and incredible numbers of ever increasing RFI sources
overwhelm my ability to try to resolve . I was on edge of town , pitch
black
at night - little 2 lane road from downtown on other side of mountain
preserve .
Now 8 lane freeway 400 feet away (because the millionaires and political
influence got the proposed freeway route moved from their area) Houses ,
shopping centers etc as far as you can see - sea of lights and RF noise.
Just sayin ...... If you can't hear 'em you can't work 'em.... well RHR
etc .
Hank K7HP
On 4/1/2018 7:45 AM, Jeff Kinzli N6GQ wrote:
So I'm looking to purchase a new QTH. I'm not particular about
location, but would like to optimize for soil conductivity and any
other parameters that would increase near and far field propagation
and minimize ground losses. I've seen the US Gov M3 maps, but they are
very coarse. They also only define conductivity, and I'm wondering
what other quantities would be useful to look at.
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