[NJARC] VLF DX-pedition

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Al and All,
I am an optimist and am bringing my National RBL-5, antenna currently unknown. I feel that we should have one horizontal long wire to honor the Belmar Marconi system (although we can't have the same terminations or aerial lengths) and have a suitable piece of copperweld and insulators. 

We will need a great circle bearing, accurate compass and far end "mast" with guys, for the swamp. I will bring a ladder to get us up a tree in the back yard of the cottage. Possibly we can guy the ladder as the mast, any comments???

Steve

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From: Al Klase <skywaves at webex.net> 

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> Per our discussion at the meeting last night, I'm declaring a 
> DX-pedition to the Marconi Cottage next weekend to listen for SAQ, the 
> Alexanderson Alternator station, on 17.2KHz. 
> See: http://www.alexander.n.se/ (Click on Brit Flag, then "HOME" in 
> upper left.) 
> 
> The transmissions are at 09:00 and 13:00 UTC on Sunday, 19 Feb 2006. 
> Unfortunately, that translates into 04:00 and 08:00 EST. Here's my concept: 
> 
> At least a couple of us need to go down there Saturday afternoon to set 
> up antennas in daylight and verify that local conditions seem good 
> enough to proceed. I'm almost an hour and a half away, so I'll probably 
> bring a sleeping bag and a coffee pot. I'll bring the Watkins-Johnson 
> receiver and 1-mter loop antenna that did the trick in 1998 from 
> Flemington. I'll also brig some other antenna stuff and a back-up 
> receiver of some sort. (Marconi Atalanta?) I have spectrum analysis 
> software that we can load on any Windows system to record the signal and 
> maybe dig it out of the noise. 
> 
> Check http://www.eht.com/oldradio/awa/events/grimeton/grimeton.htm to 
> see and hear what happened in 1998. 
> 
> Who is interested? 
> 
> Regards, 
> Al 
> 
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> Al Klase – N3FRQ 
> Flemington, NJ 
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