[Elecraft] [K3] Poor man's beverage and diversity

[Vic K2VCO]

David Cutter wrote:
> Sounds like this one:
> <http://users.erols.com/k3mt/graswire/graswire.htm>
> 

[referring to my original post]
>> A few minutes before the start of the ARRL 160m contest I decided to 
>> try something I'd heard about. I took about 180 feet (55m) of wire and 
>> laid it on the ground from my shack, across the backyard, around the 
>> back of my garage and all the way down the edge of the driveway.

My 180' wire was resonant at about 2.2 mHz, where the SWR was around 1.4:1. Since signals 
not down all that much compared to the vertical, I am sure that it would have worked as a 
transmitting antenna, and possibly without a tuner if I had lengthened it a bit.

The interesting part is that it doesn't need to be straight to work. This could be very 
useful in a real emergency.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco