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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: My earth-electrode "antenna" for 630m has been repaired and the secondary antenna current reading on the Marconi has gone from 17uA to 22uA using this as an additional ground. It remains to be seen (tonight) if this small ERP increase makes any real difference. The next thing to try will be more/better grounds directly outside the shack and some radials? 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Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a11352278cd3940055b96123f" 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, TO_ADDRESS_EQ_REAL 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 --001a11352278cd3940055b96123f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" My earth-electrode "antenna" for 630m has been repaired and the secondary antenna current reading on the Marconi has gone from 17uA to 22uA using this as an additional ground. It remains to be seen (tonight) if this small ERP increase makes any real difference. The next thing to try will be more/better grounds directly outside the shack and some radials? I shall be on 630m WSPR (20% TX) this evening and overnight. The ERP is still very much QRPP (low mWs). All reports welcomed. I know this is trivial compared with the results obtained by "real" stations, but it shows useful results can be obtained on MF with a very modest installation. My hope is this encourages others. Last night my ultra simple system got 3 unique spots on TX and I spotted 10 unique stations on RX. 73s Roger G3XBM --001a11352278cd3940055b96123f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My earth-electrode "antenna" for 630m has b= een repaired and the secondary antenna current reading on the Marconi has g= one from 17uA to 22uA using this as an additional ground.=C2=A0 It remains = to be seen (tonight) if this small ERP increase makes any real difference. = The next thing to try will be more/better grounds directly outside the shac= k and some radials?

I shall be on 630m WSPR = (20% TX) this evening and overnight. The ERP is still very much QRPP (low m= Ws). All reports welcomed.

I know this is trivial compared with the results obtained by "real&= quot; stations, but it shows useful results can be obtained on MF with a ve= ry modest installation. My hope is this encourages others.

Last=C2=A0 night my ultra simple system= got 3 unique spots on TX and I spotted 10 unique stations on RX.

73s
Roger = G3XBM
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