Posted by Fred Martin on February 03, 2011 at 09:22:20 from (216.158.74.144):
In Reply to: Re: way OT CB skip posted by dave2 on February 03, 2011 at 01:23:39:
If you are curious, there is a thing called the MUF. Short for Maximum Usable Frequency. Different atmospheric conditions cause it to go higher/lower or stay normal. There are situations where you can have a pipe line to some place, usually a one hop skip. Sometimes it will double hop or more and sometimes you can talk to Australia by pointing a beam antenna the opposite direction from them. It is called long path. I have done it once or twice. Longest communication I have had is McMurdo Station, Antartica on 100 watts, if I remember correctly. I talked to the diesel mechanic there who said it was 84 degrees below zero with a wind chill that made it a hundred and some. He told me that they serviced their equipment, changed oil, filter and fuel filters and anything else that looked like it needed it. He tightened up the dozer tracks and run it back out. And the way I understand it, sit there running till another 30 days when they done the same thing over again. He said his helper came in and told him he better look at the dozer tracks, too tight, might break something. He had just got down there and wasn't used to the temperature expansion/contraction thing at those temps. He said he was ready to come home and had just gotten down there. Must be the money???? This can make us feel a little better about our low/rough temperatures. ohfred (KE8SS)
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