on 10/10/02 6:38 AM, Robert Shohet at kq2m@earthlink.net wrote:
>>> In New England we are INTIMATELY familiar with
>>> what the Auroral Belt does to signals! So are most
>>> people on the East Coast.
>>
>> Not anything like us here. That's one reason why you guys can start runs
> to
>> Europe a couple hours earlier and keep them going a couple hours longer
> than
>> us. And yes, it helps to be closer to them by 1000 miles as well.
>
> GET REAL! First you give us hyperbole that says we don't understand
> what it is like to have signals pass through the Auroral oval, then, when
> you are challenged, rather than acknowledge your profound exaggeration, you
> instead complain about how much better our propagation is to Europe.
>
> Why don't you join the "Unfair propagation reflector" or better still move
> to New England and then you won't have to complain anymore.
Looks like I touched a nerve here, Bob.
The facts are that from the midwest and other similar areas, our signals
have to travel through the aurora belt to get to Europe. From the east
coast your signals can either miss it or travel through at much better
angles. I'm not claiming it's "unfair" it's just the way it is.
I get great propagation to Siberia nearly 24 hours a day. Unfortunately, it
ain't where the population is! And I also get a touch of what it's like for
the East Coast with being able to miss the belt when I can copy Italian and
some Spanish stations long after the rest of Europe is unable to be heard.
And while you might want to "pooh, pooh" me, I've had other big east coast
stations confirm what I say. So I am sorry if you don't like what I said.
And it isn't hyperbole.
And I am just happy being here in the midwest, thank you very much.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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