Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
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Josh904
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Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
Do you think you reach farther or your transmission distance is lessened during a real bad rain storm? Obviously there are countless other factors, but in general, I'm curious to everyones opinions and experiences?
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Re: Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
In my experience I never had any more or less distant contact during a storm. I have however had good groundwave contacts during foggy conditions.
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Re: Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
Same hereMDYoungblood wrote: September 30th, 2020, 5:16 pm In my experience I never had any more or less distant contact during a storm. I have however had good groundwave contacts during foggy conditions.
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Re: Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
yes good results during fog but rain does seem to have a negative effect on my mobile possibly from antenna grounding
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Re: Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
Watch your swr's in rain, and don't fly a kite with a key! LOL 
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Re: Transmission during a rainstorm opinions?
I didn't notice any difference unless there was a little ducting going on.
