Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dc12.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dc12.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.140]) by air-dc01.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDC014-869f4c1a9ff323a; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:21:39 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dc12.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 5C0C238000535; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:21:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OPNRX-0006vk-Ma for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:20:15 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OPNRX-0006vb-9P for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:20:15 +0100 Received: from mail-bw0-f43.google.com ([209.85.214.43]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OPNRU-0003Ot-Lw for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:20:15 +0100 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so117870bwz.16 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:20:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=g/LSBek5IfUu4wOsJQ5iwiCychRwrn6Qh1C0oVnK194=; b=aAy6ubZBPm2ge/iiLPKwVUa74AW/vx8xVSXa+AsiP5zFh8NY0xusbza+bBFCWZSR57 pQ+JWgezz2y9d9f9VO+zJgcTfuRMCFqlaYEFmForuHmqieymoZsLbwhGumhVe26shJma N25hSkF5mon+jhcNBInGm72B+1o5yP7JuMAaM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=oEIHUVUQ1SGroLDB71vu679jl6JXAPKkcegYQ5X3PQS0Yd8HNMs3dgxhylzG3i4Vpk dADdTcZ4xAtN3cPOJyDP+w4GRJLvXvyO7gyLo257DQQLUXqn1ZhHtoHD6Bo9jgiJOxUZ hPXw5fX7UJmGksLmwhyaEGBQ9ZDrkGsd8L4go= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.6.12 with SMTP id 12mr109294bkx.171.1276813211596; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.100.69 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:20:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:20:11 +0100 Message-ID: From: Roger Lapthorn To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_10_20=0.945,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: Earth electrode (stealth antenna!) 500kHz WSPR overnight Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174c4564ebf6dc0489413d12 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-m243.2 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : fail x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d408c4c1a9ff03d36 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --0015174c4564ebf6dc0489413d12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 OK, I've just moved my QRPp WSPR beacon down about 30Hz (it was slowly drifting up towards the band edge) and will leave it running for a couple of hours into the night. Any reports would be very much appreciated, especially from Rik! All the stations who have copied me so far in the last 24hrs are roughly in the plane of the earth electrode loop which runs WSW-ENE, whereas Rik would be more or less orthogonal to it. I am not sure if anyone else is looking for me from other directions. After tonight I'm unlikely to be doing further WSPR beaconing on 500kHz for a while, but these last 24 hours have been extremely surprising and interesting, proving that the it is worth trying the impossible from time to time. 73s Roger G3XBM -- http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/ http://www.g3xbm.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm G3XBM GQRP 1678 ISWL G11088 --0015174c4564ebf6dc0489413d12 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OK, I've just moved my QRPp WSPR beacon down about 30Hz (it was slowly= drifting up towards the band edge) and will leave it running for a couple= of hours into the night. Any reports would be very much appreciated, espe= cially from Rik!=A0

All the stations who have copied me so far in the last 24hrs are rough= ly in the plane of the earth electrode loop which runs WSW-ENE, whereas Ri= k would be more or less orthogonal to it. I am not sure if anyone else is= looking for me from other directions.

After tonight I'm unlikely to be doing further WSPR beaconing on= 500kHz for a while, but these last 24 hours have been extremely surprisin= g and interesting, proving that the it is worth trying the impossible from= time to time.

73s
Roger G3XBM

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