Boy - you sure are right on that Kelly.
The 400 mile distance gets me into eastern Oregon, Northern California,
and western Idaho. Not a whole lot of activity going on in those
areas. Being right on the ocean I don't start getting into population
areas until I hit, at least, Colorado. Quite a bit of activity in
Washington so that is a plus, but not like the big population centers.
That's why it's nice to have 2 different antennas for 80 meters. 73
Tom W7WHY
On 10/14/2015 9:41 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt@mymts.net
<mailto:ve4xt@mymts.net>> wrote:
No arguing with results, however, I would point out that your 400
mile radius will mean quite a different QSO count in a
high-density amateur region such as W1 than in other areas. A
400-mile radius from Carlisle covers quite a few more hams than a
400-mile radius from Toronto, for instance. Plus, you’re getting
some help from the inverse square law, which means any
inefficiency is less important for 400-mile trips than for
2,000-mile trips.
If your signal is raining down on a lot of amateurs, you’ll work a
lot of them. But 400 miles just barely gets you from one end of
North Dakota to the other. Depending on where in Ontario the OP is
located, 400 miles may not be enough to get into the high-density
regions, and even then, precludes the 2,168-mile trip from Toronto
to LA.
73, kelly
ve4xt
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