[Lowfer] Morning lowfers

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Bob

>All freq get help from the frozen ground and the deeper the frost in the ground

The plots from WWVB (60 kHz) winter and summer do not bear this out :

http://www.w1vd.com/WWVBwintersummersig.jpg

Do you have information to the contrary in the 60 kHz range?

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2  WG2XRS/2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Raide" <rjraide at hotmail.com>
To: "Bob Raide" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Morning lowfers


> 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!
>
>> From: listread at lwca.org
>> 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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