Hello Dave, LF, Thanks for your comments and explaination of your setup and experiences. I only "butted" in after seeing your (tongue in cheek) comments about moving house to improve ground losses! I
Hello Graham, LF, Well...yes I suppose we can all radiate something! A VFO connected to a piece of wet string will radiate. I've just turned on an old AR88D in my office (under the desk - keeps the f
Thanks Graham, This is an interesting discussion, but I think we're seeing things from different perspectives, since you are used to groundwave and skip-zones and such, whereas I'm in the strictly "D
I run around 6W output. My original calculations which was what the wording on my NOV application were based, was that the maximum power I would use would be 10W and that my proposed vertical would p
..... No-one will hear you if you can't radiate a signal! .....<<<< 'Steady on old boy', J , On the contrary, we can all radiate signals. its just that the receiving stations are in the wrong place's
Good point's john . Thanks Graham, This is an interesting discussion, but I think we're seeing things from different perspectives, since you are used to groundwave and skip-zones and such, whereas I
Good point's john . My point was that Dave has said more than once that he struggles to be heard, despite receiving other more distant stations with seeming ease<<< But that's the point, this band de
Hi Graham, ah but yes it will!!. The skip you talk about is due to the ground wave fading below the noise qrm at ranges before the skywave starts to come in at good strength. This is well known in th
-- Original Message -- Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:42 PM Ø Hi Graham, ah but yes it will!!. The skip you talk about is due to the ground wave fading below the noise qrm at ranges before the