Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6664 invoked from network); 27 Oct 1999 12:09:04 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 27 Oct 1999 12:09:04 +0100 Received: (qmail 4036 invoked from network); 27 Oct 1999 11:17:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 27 Oct 1999 11:17:09 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11gQlJ-0006A0-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:57:01 +0100 Received: from as-img-rel-1.compuserve.com ([149.174.217.142] helo=spamraaa.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11gQlH-00069u-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:57:00 +0100 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spamraaa.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-REL-1.0) id GAA21999 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 06:56:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dave (host62-6-113-174.host.btclick.com [62.6.113.174]) by spamraaa.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-REL-1.0) with SMTP id GAA21857 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 1999 06:56:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001101bf2069$c0bc8b20$ae71063e@dave> From: "Dave Sergeant" To: "rsgb_lf_group" Subject: LF: re:CFH Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 11:40:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >From Dave G3YMC A couple of corrections to Alan's recent mail We are told the height of the mast at CFH is 600 feet (not 200 ft). That is a bit a different. I do not have an accurate locator for CFH but it is listed as Halifax Nova Scotia, which puts it in FN84EP. Distance from here is 4593km WA2XTF/6 is in Vienna, Virginia, in FM18IV if my sums are correct. That puts it at 5881 km That puts it 28% further away, not 10%. >From my experience of top band quite a few years ago the path to VE1 is very much easier than that to W4. Although top band stations with good installations can work W4 relatively well it is by no means as predictable as VE1 and does not follow a consistent pattern. Putting these things into the perpspective of the typical amateur efficiency of less that 1%, to work even VE1 is going to be no mean feat. 73s Dave G3YMC sergeantd@compuserve.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/sergeantd