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Wally38
Junior Member
Username: Wally38
Post Number: 41
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 4:56 pm: | 
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Is there such thing as short distance skip? The other night I was talking to people in Wisconsin. Near the Illinois border. I'm in easternmost part of Iowa. We were talking and wondering if it was a line of sight sort of thing or if it was skipping off the upper atmosphere. It was only a couple hundred miles. I was using my klv400 and they had their own klv.
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Yankee
Advanced Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 968
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 7:07 pm: |
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Yes, 200 miles is short skip, I do contacts here within the state lines of Oklahoma as much as 200 miles to the northeastern corner of the state, but can do line of sight up to around 80-90 miles, as most of Oklahoma is flat except for a few small low mountains about 45 miles south of me, about the size of what we call hills back home in upstate New York. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 7624
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 8:15 pm: |
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Wally38,
Yes there is such a thing as Short Skip.
Short Skip:
Propagation via the ionosphere over a distance of a few hundred miles or less.
Hope this helps,
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
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Outkast
Junior Member
Username: Outkast
Post Number: 28
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 9:01 pm: |
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Hmm some short skip here would be better than no skip at all!! Especially since there are a few CEF members about 150 miles away!
Outkast
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