[Lowfer] WE2XGR/2 mid day WOLF test

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/21/2010 12:57:29 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time, 
w1tag at charter.net writes:
Dex,

Interesting, and  completely different from Todd's results in NC. Looks 
like there was more  signal on your XES results. What were the 
differences in the receiving  setups?

John A.  


Hi John,
My receiving setup : Icom R75 with CR-282 High-Stability option +
both 250 Hz filters in the 9MHz and 455KHz IFs. Antenna is a 
Steve Ratzlaff active whip hoisted up 40ft above ground level with
about 80 ft RG-213 coax back to radio room indoors.
 
Remember Dex is almost 200 miles closer to XES and on a 
different compass bearing. I still wonder if I could be in some kind
of a null direction-wise to the XES transmitting loop antenna? I
am in South Carolina not North Carolina.
 
Most transmitting loops do have a sharp null at right angles to
the loop. The null may only be a few degrees wide and I might 
happen to be in that null. Have you ever been able to measure 
the direction of the null from your loop?
 
I think even Andy KU4XR hears XES better in the daytime than 
I do on LF.
 
A similar thing happened to me when someone was running an  experimental
transmitting loop in the Northeast in the Lowfer band years ago. I  just 
happened to be in the sharp null of his loop and could not hear
a trace of his signal although he was heard widely everywhere else.
 
73 Todd WD4NGG EM92OE