[Lowfer] Morning lowfers

[Bob Raide]

It certainly helps ground conductivity.  All freq get help from the frozen ground and the deeper the frost in the ground and colder it becomes the better the conductivity.  I have taken extensive measurements in cold and warm weather- sometimes not just playing but for AM BC allocation work.  It is amazing to see how the conductivity sky rockets during very cold weather.  The lower HF freqs even get a kick in the ass with better skywave with higher conductivity.
I am trying to find someone interested on the northern west coast to try for some groundwave testing.  I have asked Ve7BDQ if he was interested and am waiting his reply.  I think a cross country groundwave signal is possible over the right route.  If the signal transverses some parts of the great lakes and gets into N Dakota it will scream towards the coast as N Dakota this time of year is 40 to 50 conductivity.  I would try to drop to the lowest freq that is clear-hopefully 69-70 kHz for the test.  Lower the better!
 
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> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 12:28:19 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Morning lowfers
> 
> >>> If it makes you feel better to know-it was 2 below here this morning
> 
> They're saying we can expect that here on Monday night, so I can only 
> imagine what that next batch of air is going to be like for you guys up 
> north!  It'd be interesting to see if that enhances groundwave at LF the way 
> it sometimes appears to do in the AM broadcast band.
> 
> Wish I had a vehicle that would readily accept a roof-mounted whip.  There's 
> a spot in our city park that's almost as quiet electrically as the farm, but 
> under these conditions I really don't want to have to get out of the car 
> long enough to set up the collapsible flagpole that I currently have for a 
> portable antenna mount.  (Plus, it draws some mighty suspicious stares from 
> passersby.) 
> 
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