Bobsprit claims to have made a VHF transmission of over 40nm. Given that his
antenna height is about 50 feet, that would require, for a line of sight
transmission, that the other antenna be about 800 - eight hundred - feet
above the water.

I believe that 40 miles is too close for skip, so could his transmission
have a 'terrain following' effect in the sense that the sea might act as a
ground plane?

Would anyone care to comment on the veracity of Bobsprit's claim?


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