John Heys G3BDQ's book 'Practical Wire Antennas' published in 1990 by the RSGB describes such an underground antenna in some detail on pages 79-80. I don't know whether the book is still in print or in an electronic format anywhere.
They are very quiet on receive it seems ...... 73 Stephen G4SJP On 12 June 2011 04:35, Jim Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: > Tod K0TO one time gave a presentation of an on/under ground antenna > designed > for the military. Very interesting. > > Jim K0XU Sent from my Xoom tablet > On Jun 11, 2011 10:08 PM, "Tony Estep" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was tuning idly around the 20M digital frequencies tonite when I copied > a > > fragment of a PSK transmission, wherein the guy said his antenna was > buried > > under the ground. I was sure that it had been a flukey series of garbled > > characters, so I waited and listened on the frequency. Sure enough, a few > > minutes later, he faded back in, conducting another qso, and this time > there > > was no mistake: his antenna is buried under the ground. Now that's the > way > > to outfox the nosy neighbors. > > > > good DX, > > Tony KT0NY > > > > -- > > "We don't want every single college grad with mathematical aptitude to > > become a derivatives trader." -- Barack Obama > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
