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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Bryan:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You are correct: It is Ham Radio after all <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span> I was just wondering about the link budget. Not much headroom, but there is always QRO!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The bay inversions are notorious for this kind of stuff. The old WTSP path from Gandy to New Port Richey was also a fun one. Most everybody is on fiber now, RF STL is a thing of the past.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regarding H-Pol over water: Forced to by the BAS Band Plan. 7GHz was a shared band, as was 2GHz, since the dawn of TV broadcasting. Fixed point to point in BAS was H-Pol and RPU (ENG) was V-Pol. Right before analog went away, CP was coming into use. Hell, for the longest time, we had a 2GHz STL for WUSF on 2 Gig 7, right in the middle of the RPU ENG band that was a pain in the ass for the news truck guys (and in my case – gal) to work around, especially on the path from North of Tampa to Riverview ENG pickup points. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a story behind this. Ask me sometime about “Tampa Bay Microwave Wars”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, with Digital modulation, fiber STL and bonded Cellular, it’s all a thing of the past.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-lu-W4LT- <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>