[Lowfer] Excellent VLF condx this morning!

[riese-k3djc at juno.com]

Molten balls of copper on the copper pipe cap top 
confirms the strikes.

goodness gracious " great balls of fire "

Bob K3DJC
On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:34:06 +0000 Dexter w4dex <dexter.mc at gmail.com>
writes:
> Jay,
> 
> I found my PAØRDT probe is a good tree detector.  It works great 
> just 
> ten feet above ground out in the open field in front of the house.  
> With 
> large oak trees all around the house with it as much as 40 feet 
> above 
> ground the probe doesn't work near as well as a loop.  And that's 
> with 
> it about 40 feet away from the nearest trees that are about the same 
> 
> height as your trees.  I thought about mounting the probe at the top 
> of 
> my tower but it would have to be below the 6 meter J-pole lightning 
> rod 
> to survive.  My neighbor has a good view of my towers and he has 
> seen 
> many direct hits.  Molten balls of copper on the copper pipe cap top 
> 
> confirms the strikes.
> 
> I bought enough chain link fence top rail sections last year to 
> attempt 
> pushing the probe out the top of a pine tree about one hundred feet 
> from 
> the shack.  My idea was to attach a ten foot section of PVC pipe to 
> the 
> tree trunk as high as my twenty foot extension ladder would allow.  
> Then 
> devise a rope and pulley hoisting contraption to raise the mast 
> sections 
> one by one up thought the PVC pipe.  The tree I selected has lots of 
> 
> branches near the top that I believe would keep the mast upright.  
> Guess 
> I better do this while I can still run :)
> 
> Dex
> 
> jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> > Dex
> >
> > Modified Amrad probe. What's interesting is that there are rows of 
> tall trees (60 - 70') within 20' 
> > of it to the west and south -it is mounted in the corner of an 
> opening. Makes me wonder if having it 
> > in the clear isn't an old wives tale. As they say, the results 
> speak for themselves.
> >
> >   
> 
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