RE: LF: Re: Re: Sunday activity report

["Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@ntlworld.com>]

> This weekend I was in Arkansas around 180 miles from  East of XDW and
> definite "fast" fades, periods  were seen of around 30 secs
> (presumably between the ground and sky waves) this was around 9pm CST
> - Ive not seen this before and probably another manifestation of the
> recovery phase after the storm? This distance seems too close?
> Laurence KL1X/5 wd2xdw 
Several years ago, when a handful of UK stations were 
using loop antennas, I noted that their signals exhibited 
fading at shorter ranges than those using Marconis. At the 
time, I put it down to the loop producing more RF at a 
higher angle, but have no evidence to back that up.
Mike, G3XDV
http://www.apersonalguide.co.uk/lf/