Yeah Wally.... 40 nautical miles for a good VHF is possible.

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"Wally" wrote in message
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| Would anyone care to comment on the veracity of Bobsprit's claim?
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