[160m] 160m Counterpoise / Most Distant Contact

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Webb" <kd6nrp at earthlink.net>
To: <160m at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [160m] 160m Counterpoise / Most Distant Contact


> Correction: I was running 75W, not 100W for my contact this morning with
> W8TE in Michigan.
>
> 73
>
> Brian, KD6NRP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 160m-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:160m-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Brian Webb
> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:17 PM
> To:
> Subject: [160m] 160m Counterpoise / Most Distant Contact
>
> Good Afternoon:
>
> Last weekend I added a 100 foot wire to my existing counterpoise. I ran it
> from my ground rod, around the bottom of the house, and up toward the
> street. My counterpoise now consist of the following wires:
>
> Length
> (feet) Depth Comments
> ------ ----------
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> 45 Surface Runs along bottom of exterior house wall
>
> 50 1-inch Buried in lawn
>
> 85 1-inch Runs along backyard perimeter
>
> 100 Surface New. Runs along bottom of exterior house
> wall
>
> Adding the 100-foot wire had three effects:
>
> Previously, I had to do a bit of work to get a good match (1.3:1 SWR) at 
> the
> bottom of the band. Now, I can easily get a 1.0:1 match there.
>
> After I added the new wire, my ANC-4 noise canceller was more effective at
> nulling background QRM.
>
> Finally, it seems like my 160m noise floor may have gone down an S-unit or
> so.
>
> My antenna is an improvised 152-foot end-fed wire, up 12-feet, within a 50 
> x
> 50-foot backyard.
>
> Initial reports indicate that adding the 100-foot counterpoise wire did 
> not
> improve my transmit signal.
>
> This morning I had a pleasant surprise. At 1302 UTC on 1815.0 KHz I worked
> W8TE via CW. My power was 100-watts. I'm in southern California and he's 
> in
> Michigan! He was 599 by the way. That's my most distant 160m contact thus
> far.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian, KD6NRP
>
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