Coverage Distribution

[PeterHR]

@jonhawkes2030

@kingsfordsmith

Late update. I saw your location was a km from where I grew up and your local airport was the Channel9 helipad.
I can here them take off when I talk to my mum in the morning(I can hear them on her phone). I loved watching them land at channel9, SBS and RNSH.
I even got my Helo licence in 2002.
(I worked at the FoodPlus on Penshurst st in the mid 1980s)

You have a great setup. I get more reports with my antenna at 3feet/1m, however, I am in the busy NYC area.
I often get 300 messages per second, however, 99% of my traffic is less than 60 miles.
I may need to use direction antennas when I move the setup to my attic(about 20 feet/6m higher)

What type of antenna do you have to get contacts out to 300 miles?

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Your handle is apt. Go Chucky!

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Putting up a more sensitive antenna also means you may get interference from local cellphone towers - if this is problem - then you might need a filter to eliminate those signals