On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 17:01:40 GMT, Richard Clark hath writ:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:52:40 -0600, "Ken Bessler"
wrote:

However, the performance of this antenna in the AM broad-
cast band is SUPERB! I'm hearing stations all over the band
at night, from as far away as Chicago and Los Angeles. So
I've got hope the antenna won't be a complete flop on 160.

Last night I worked several of the Ohio QSO party stations
on 40 meters with many amazed at my "QRP with a wire"
setup...... not to bad from Colorado.....

72's de Ken KG0WX

Not to rain on your parade, but as a teenager in Colorado Springs,
back in the 60's, I had a 50' longwire traced along the fence rail at
roughly 6'. I could AM DX both coasts on my RBB-1 (WWII shipboard
receiver which weighed as much as a pocket battleship).

73's Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Not to rain on _your_ parade g, but, back then, licensed radio
transmitters were about the only "radiators" you had to contend with.
(Well, maybe not in the 60's -- but, I remember the 50's....)
Oh for the days when you could tune to an unoccupied frequency and
turn both the AF and RF control up to max and listen to the cosmic
background.

73 Jonesy
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