On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:50:39 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

By formula, 3' vs. 8' is about 2.74 miles difference in LoS..... which
is fairly meaningless..... since we don't know the altitude of the
other antenna. For safety, I rely on the height of the local 170+ foot
USCG antenna, instead of the height of my own......

Agreed.

..... sooooo.....
save that money on the antenna and spend it on the IC-M604...

Agreed. :)