[Lowfer] Observation...

[Rye Gewalt]

So you're saying that a porcelain bowl can be used as well as the crystal
bowl recommended  by Larry VA3AK

I don't think my wife would appreciate my incorporating either one into my
setup.

I will now drop back into the noise where I belong.....

Rye K9LCJ

"Dexter McIntyre, W4DEX" wrote:

> John, W1TAG, noticed this Argo visual enhancement, when viewed from a
> distance effect, back when I first put the saw tooth signal on 510.500
> khz.  At normal viewing distance form the screen the signal could hardly
> be detected unless you knew it was there.  But when you backed away the
> image was very noticeable.
>
> My first experience with audio copy at a distance occurred many years
> ago when I was active on 432 MHz EME.  I was hearing a random CQ over
> and over again but just could not pull it through.  I gave up and went
> to the toilet down the hall.  While sitting on the stool I had perfect
> copy on DL5KR.  Quickly returning to the shack to call him I found that
> the signal was once again in the noise.  I thought the signal had just
> peaked while was out of the shack.  The power of toilet reception did
> not become apparent to me until the same thing happen a few days later.
> I thought about running a keying circuit into the toilet but decided
> that wasn't necessary when I learned to reduce the volume and move the
> speaker around to find a hot spot for reception.
>
> Dexter
>
> NC Beacon info at:
> http://www.gostanly.com/w4dex/
>
> .
>
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