[Lf] 650 kM with just a wire on the ground...

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Hello Mitch,
You now need to rent a new holiday QTH even closer to the North Pole  :-)
Congratulations and keep up the good work
73
Andre' N4ICK
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Mitch Powell wrote:

> GE Andre:
> Travelled North of London to rural QTH, at 44:20N 81:11W.
> Took along trusty R8, HB preamps, HB SCAF filter and a bit
> of wire, and Spectrogram.
> Within one hour had setup eqpt. and installed 750 foot long wire,
> which lay on the pasture, across a creek (actually in the water
> at midpoint !)and grounded with a 500 ohm resistor and a one
> meter long copper pipe. It was on the ground for the entire length
> and directed within a few degrees of your QTH.
> Switched on - and instant copy - as seen on the 'gram.
> Gram 1 - 3pm22nd shows WA2XTF/12 very well and a trace of
>                 WA2XTF/6,
> Gram 2 - 345pm shows both stations after a bit of tuning, and
>
> Gram3 - 23-7AM shows both stations in the early morning .
>
> WA2XTF/12 - readable nearly 24 hours, with the only exception near
> sunset until 8-9 in the evening.
> WA2XTF/6 not solid during the latter part of the day ( as shown )
> but very solid all through the night until early morning.
>
> I am attaching the three jpgs, for your viewing and also an htm file with
> the "official" distance and QTH information.
> 73
> Mitch  VE3OT