Quite true, but I'm a low and slow guy. I nver fly THAT high up For
us terrestrial types, I still don't think a dB or two is going to make a
ton of difference. I routinely talk 75 miles from 2000 feet with my
handheld at 1 Watt, through about 15 feet of RG-58 driving one of those
flexible ELT whip antennas.

Scott



ELIPPSE wrote:

Ask the guys talking to
the spacecraft out among the planets.