[BC] STL neighbors

[Kent Winrich, K9EZ]

You had a station on the same frequency and same polarization 200 
miles away? And in a similar direction?

Mark W Earle wrote:

>We had a LOS path at ~950 Mhz, 5w transmit, about 200' 7/8", roof mounted
>4' dish. That was 180'. Receive end was about 150' up the tower, 6' dish.
>
>Path was 10.8 miles. You could SEE the tower without optics, and SEE the
>TX building with binocs - there was nothing in the way at all, terrain or
>other buildings.
>
>Many, many, mornings we'd fade out, and then spanish language from a
>station 200 miles north of us would come in. We finally solved it by
>using a dish 15' off the ground mounted on the ice bridge. We also got
>the leased lines hooked up and switchable via the remote control.
>