Rick
My proposed experiment would be one electrode in the sea and one 100m or so in
from the shore on land. I expect good range is achievable along the coast to a
similar station using another pair of earth electrodes in a similar
orientation.
73s
Roger G3XBM
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On 11 Dec 2010, at 01:42, Rick Wakatori <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> Try more.
> The following grabber site has used the two electrodes earth antenna
> and good receiving QRSS/DFCW at 136kHz.
> http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~macoco/grabber.html
> Depending on the circumstance the two electrodes earth antenna detects
> E-field between two electrodes. If this assumption is correct, lake side
> or shore side including on the sea using buoy make two electrodes short
> condition.
> We will try to do experiment at 2200m band.
> 73
> Rick - 7L1RLL
>
> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 20:12 +0000, Roger Lapthorn wrote:
>> A further observation from my 8.76kHz earth mode test today: with 17dB
>> above the noise signals at 5.1km using QRSS3 there is plenty of
>> (theoretical) range still to be had with utilities assisted earth
>> mode, even using just 5W.
>>
>> Assuming 18dB loss every time distance is doubled (an inverse cubed
>> attenuation rate for induction/conduction - is this right?) then
>> almost 10km should just be possible, assuming the utilities that are
>> aiding propagation are still there in the ground. Going from QRSS3 to
>> QRSS30 should give another 8-10dB (see
>> http://www.qsl.net/on7yd/136narro.htm#QRSS). Increase power from 5W to
>> 100W gains another 13dB, so QRSS30 and 100W could give a range of some
>> 20km by utilities assisted earth mode in favourable places based on my
>> limited tests so far.
>>
>> So, in some locations using the utilities buried in the ground all
>> around us could offer some quite decent ranges with an earth electrode
>> "antenna" at the TX end that requires minimal matching and no large
>> loading coils, just a step-up transformer.
>>
>> What is less clear to me is what exactly is the signal being carried
>> along? Water pipes (often these are plastic now), overhead mains
>> cables, gas pipes (usually non-metallic), phone lines, rivers even?
>> And what about the propagation along a sea coast with one electrode on
>> a buoy 100m out from the shore?
>>
>> Not radiated VLF DX, but fascinating.
>>
>> 73s
>> Roger G3XBM
>>
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