[600MRG] Ground Wave Propo

[Mike.WE0H]

Gotta be the difference in soil conditions. The water table is within 
10' of the surface here. I also have a few radials and a few copper 
ground pipes that should be going into that water table. The antenna is 
also 35' vertical with 35' horizontal. Might be the toploading 
difference? Might also be my silver plated wire I use in everything out 
there. I have a crapload of silver plated Teflon insulated wire that I 
use for all my antennas and loading coils. Seems to work good but maybe 
I am wasting that good wire?

Mike
WE0H



Neil K wrote:
> Mike, your experiment was interesting to me. I recently tried the same
> thing with my ~15 watt cw signal on 630m. I was only able to hear it up to
> about 35 miles. My radio was the FT857d but my antenna was just an 80m
> hamstick with a resonant base coil tuned to 475 kHz, not a very good one.
> One of these days I want to take a portable E-probe out and see what the
> difference might be.  Your 3 watts at 50 miles is impressive. Thanks for
> posting about it.
>
> Neil, wg2xsv