[OKDXA] N8S on 160m

[Gene Lewis]

Nelson,
Please let me or Jerry know when the email change is official and we'll get 
the change made to the OKDXA membership roster.  73.
Gene

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nelson Derks" <ac5up at vei.net>
To: <n5ok at arrl.org>; "Discussion of OKDXA" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] N8S on 160m


> Coy Day wrote:
>> Never heard of anyone running radials into a pond.  Who knows, it may 
>> work.
>>
> Many moon ago WBZ in Boston on 1030 kHz had one of the strongest signals 
> on the east coast. The antenna farm was located in a salt marsh. 
> Maintenance issue, yes, engineering challenge, yes, (at least a pond 
> doesn't have high and low tides) but RF wise? It worked like a hose... 
> Reception reports out of Europe were not uncommon and in Philadelphia it 
> played like a local after dark. I think they acquiesced to the gods of 
> corrosion in the 70's and moved the stick inland. The budget for hip-boot 
> waders alone was heuuuuge and sacrificial anodes tend to be short-lived in 
> a 50 gallon environment...
>
> BTW: In case anyone cares, I will be changing e-mail addresses from 
> ac5up at vei.net to ac5up at windstream.net in a week or so. Need to set it up 
> this weekend...
>
>
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