Hi Tonight band conditions below 6 mhz seem to be really bad.Hardly any MW to speak of,and nothing really coming through on 90 or 60 except for Quito on 60 and maybe Ghana as well.Going up to 6 mhz ,signals are somewhat improved.That 6020 station,Radio Victoria is audible but not nearly as good a signal as other night.Mexico is somewhat audible on 6185.Tonight is definitely not the night to use the 23 ft vertical,too much noise .
However I did get my long wire up higher yesterday,I now have the feed point at about 20 feet high ,tied off to the chimney sloping down to about 5 feet high at the end.I just need a 20 ft pole or something that height to even it up and I hope to be set. I do have a question about making a loop antenna. Can they work just laid out on the ground or do they need to be elevated? I have a good sized side yard here approximately 200 feet from front to back ,but only about 40 to 50 feet, if that , from side to side.Would like to see what I can get going on some various antennas that aren't too big but going further than just a vertical or long wire. -- Chris Dx'ing from Lousiville Ky Using Drake R-4A, Ten-Tec RX320 and 150 longwire-23 ft vertical. Nothing but linux used on this machine http://members.tripod.com/~swlchris ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2003 is out! Order it now! http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059677/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt