[Elecraft] OT: Receive noise / ground - NO NOISE

[Eugene Balinski]

Modified Beverage antenna ?

On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 03:37:57 +0000
 Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> The golf course that's adjoins my property lies between
> me and Japan.
> 
> Several years ago, in preparation for a 160M contest, I
> took one end of
> a 5,000 foot spool of #22 telephone frame wire and tied
> it to a post in the
> yard.  I then walked across the snow in the direction of
> Japan until I came
> to the end of the spool, leaving 5000 feet of wire behind
> me in a straight
> line atop the snow.  Worked well as a receiving antenna,
> but I -did- reel
> it in during the day to avoid the snowmobiles. (:-)
> 
> 73!
> 
> Ken Kopp - K0PP
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Charles Cupp
> <w6cup at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
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