[Lowfer] Embattled E-Probe

[LarryP WB3ANQ]

Bill,

I just wanted to add to your discussion of trees!
I believe that the trees in my woods have really enhanced
the performance of my K9AY!

My north-South loop is almost entirely in the woods with all sorts of 
plant life surrounding it.
Many tree limbs touching the wires along the entire length. Only the 
vertical support pole is in the clear.
The bottom horizontal run is only about 2' above the ground but entirely 
entangled by the undergrowth.
Ninety percent of my reception is using the north-South loop.

So the trees surely are not hurting my reception and infarct may be aiding!

73

Larry


Bill Ashlock wrote:

> You know Peter, you ought to get outside and run some of these 
> experiments, yourself, instead of sitting around and making fun of 
> those that have! If you had ever walked around with a potable LF 
> receiver in one hand and an E-probe in the other you wouldn't be 
> making these statements. Those that have touched an E-probe to any 
> tree know exactly what I mean. One of my experiments a few years ago 
> was to move an E-probe back and forth on a rope at 40ft above ground, 
> incrementally changing the spacing to a 50ft tree. The test results 
> indicated an increase in signal as the spacing to the tree decreased, 
> ending in a rapid increase to + 20%  in signal when the spacing became 
> 0.  Numerous other Lowfer experimenters have reported similar results.
>
> Bill A
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