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OR TEXAS, ESPECIALLY ON 80 METERS.  FIGURE 8 SHOWS THE COMPUTED ELEVATION
RESPONSES FOR A NUMBER OF 80 METER ANTENNAS, INCLUDING A 2 FOOT HIGH
DIPOLE.  FIGURE 9B SHOWS THE 80 METER GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE PLOT FOR 2 FOOT
HIGH DIPOLES, COMPARED WITH THE PLOT IN FIGURE 9A FOR 20 FOOT HIGH INVERTED
V DIPOLES ON BOTH ENDS OF THE PATH.  THE 2 FOOT HIGH DIPOLES PRODUCE ABOUT
2 S UNITS LESS SIGNAL ACROSS ALL OF CALIFORNIA THAN THE 20 FOOT HIGH
INVERTED V DIPOLES, AT 0300 UTC IN DECEMBER, WITH AN SSN OF 20.  THE REASON
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IS THAT A LOW DIPOLE WILL SUFFER MORE LOSSES IN THE GROUND UNDER IT.  THE
DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN CALIFORNIA SIGNALS AND POSSIBLE INTERFERING SIGNALS
FROM, SAY, NEW MEXICO, IS PREDICTED TO BE FOUR S UNITS, THE SAME AS IT IS
FOR THE HIGHER INVERTED V DIPOLE AT 20 FEET.  THUS THERE IS NO REAL
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704 MDC 21A Potomac Valley RC and Columbia ARA W3AO K3RA 8553 2 96 27,534
MDC 1B 1 Op Battery N0UR 623 5 1 6,470 MN W7QC 526 5 1 5,710 ID K5WNH 504
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