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Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone

To: Gary@ka1j.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Fresnel Zone
From: Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 23:20:26 -0400
List-post: <mailto:topband@contesting.com>
Tough crowd! :) 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 18, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Gary Smith <Gary@ka1j.com> wrote:
> 
> Maine has a problem with wild goats that 
> chew aluminum & hardline, best to get your 
> money back while you can.
> 
> You can leave what you can't carry here in 
> CT on your flee.
> 
> You're welcome.
> 
> Gary
> KA1J
> 
> 
> 
>> I heard wild Maine blueberries were now a protected species and that
>> you cannot build there.
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019, 11:45 Mpridesti via Topband
>> <topband@contesting.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ray
>>> 
>>> Didn´t you get the memo regarding Maine is now closed to any new
>>> Amateur stations?  Thought it was full up!
>>> 
>>> Ref. Fresnel zone - looks real bad :)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Mark, K1RX
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 18, 2019, at 10:48 AM, Ray Higgins <ray.w2re@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have two questions about fresnel zone.
>>>> 
>>>> I just purchased 22.5/ac near the ocean near Machiasport, ME. This
>>>> is in
>>> the Northeast corner of Maine about 30 miles south of Eastport and a
>>> Lubec. This is going to be my personal Remote Contest station! I
>>> plan to be contesting from this new qth starting in 2020 but will be
>>> QRV by mid 2019 for testing.
>>>> This qth is anywhere between 1-3 miles from the ocean or the bay,
>>>> it
>>> sits on a high plateau 150´ asl thats slopes in all directions to
>>> saltwater (peninsula) except N/NW. The property has a saltwater
>>> river and marsh that runs the perimeter from south to north favoring
>>> the NE direction,  the marsh is only 50-100' wide and 1500-2000´
>>> away from the property. The land has a gradual slope to the marsh.
>>>> 
>>>> My questions:
>>>> 
>>>> 1.) Is the saltwater river bed/marsh wide enough to be an
>>>> effective
>>> field in the Fresnal Zone?
>>>> 2.) What is the wavelengths needed to be within the Fresnal zone
>>>> of a
>>> river/marsh compared to an ocean?
>>>> 
>>>> In this photo album (last pic) I have outlined the river saltwater
>>>> marsh
>>> and property boundry from a google earth shot.
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/ui79t2jFo95b29et6
>>>> 
>>>> I´m only concerned about 80 and 160m in the Fresnal Zone.
>>>> 
>>>> Any input would be welcomed.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Ray W2RE
>>>> 
>>>> 
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