--- In ultralightdx@yahoogroups.com, D1028Gary@...
wrote:
> The daytime DX range changes greatly if you can
manage to set up your loop
> on an ocean beach, however. Using one of
the new collapsible-frame 6' PVC
> loops (designed to fit inside a
compact car) at Grayland, WA, California
> coastal stations are far
stronger in the daytime than they are at home (90
> miles from the
ocean) on the 9' loop.
I didn't realize Puyallup was so far inland. I
thought it was just outside Seattle. And you've got the Cascades on your back.
Here, a couple of miles inland, with indoor antennas, my best daytime is WCBS
in NYC, an hour before sunset. You know how the coastline curves in, so the
path is pretty much all-water. In pure daylight I've heard up into Georgia and
Charleston, SC, 400-600 miles. Charleston is all-water like NYC, but the
Georgia station is inland, in Warner Robins. No mountains in Florida!
73,
Jim, KR1S
http://qrp.kearman.com/