Apologies...Indulge my OCD!!! Getting several night-time reports from the East Coast and solid daytime reports to the North as well as down into California. Anyone out there even further South our even perhaps a night path down towards the Antipodes?!
Previously I ran a quarter wave on a similar ground plane... the 3/8 (0.375) seems quite/very different...guess Terman and his suggestions of 0.54 (not 0.625!) of a wavelength being the ideal at MF frequencies might just be correct and worth the effort! (I will not go there with the ground impedance stuff) So onwards and certainly upwards/longer! Thanks to everyone for their reports...never anticipated the response! I will run until around Friday 00.00Z and then rework antenna to Terman's magic number and return around month end. Previous message: "Running a temporary QRSS3 and standard CW experimental beacon on 1970 kHz to test a new antenna <1W into a new 3/8 wave inverted L antenna. 90' vertical and 90' horizontal. Location .South Pender Island BC, CN88jr IDing as 'VE7MM at rac.ca' Any reports appreciated. " THANKS again and best 73 Martin [email protected] G4EZG VE0BC _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
