[Lowfer] t - poor up in AK - Dst only improving slowly - Trees

[Howell, Laurence J]

Very poor from up here - no decodes of my wspr anywhere on 600 - but golly gee (Im getting into this American speak)  the Copper Moon and satellites viewing made up for it.

Continue to ground wave profile thru the day - on QRSS 9 "T" 475kHz @ 100W   WE2XPQ

Prelim tests results for this location with the antennae's set up in the Birch forest is that the Tx 1/4Y loop is providing about 4dB better field strength on ground wave over a 35 mile base line against a inverted L top loaded  72 ft high 100ft 2 wire cap top Marconi - same power both "nested" in the forest - the Trees are really close by the vertical section increasing the cap, increasing the RLoss but looks from the results a load of RF is being shunted,..last day of testing before I revert to the loop :-)

Laurence KL7L  WE2XPQ