Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19408 invoked from network); 19 Jul 1999 08:45:22 +0100 Received: from magnet.plus.net.uk (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 19 Jul 1999 08:45:22 +0100 Received: (qmail 29096 invoked from network); 19 Jul 1999 07:47:54 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 19 Jul 1999 07:47:54 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 1167l8-0001Oa-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:22:46 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mailserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.8.44]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 1167l5-0001OU-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:22:43 +0100 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mailserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id JAA17367 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:28:27 +0200 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19990719092414.2db72fc2@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 09:24:14 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: Horizontal polarisation on LF? In-reply-to: <378FA25C.4435@xtra.co.nz> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Sender: At 09:21 17/07/99 +1200, ZL2CA wrote: >Hi all, >One New Zealand amateur, Bruce ZL1WB, uses a very long wire strung out >over a gully, and with only 30 watts of RF power applied, is the most >often copied ZL LF amateur station in Australia (spanning the Tasman >Sea, a definite sky wave path, signals are zero much of the time during >daylight hours). So there is a suggestion that the very long wire that >is mostly horizontal in nature does provide good LF DX. Any idea how high (above ground) the antenna of ZL1WB is ? I might have acces to a 800m (0.36 lambda) abandoned telephone line, but the wire will be only about 6 meter above ground. Will this work or will I only get in the Guinnessbook of records for the largest dummyload ever ? 73, Rik Rik Strobbe ON7YD rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be Villadreef 14 B-3128 Baal BELGIUM (JO20IX)