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Offline KaySeeks

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Re: Longwave Pirates?
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2018, 0322 UTC »
I've clamped on to a strand of barbed wire fence as a ground plane for verticals. Works fine if you've got a tuner. There was someone I heard about who hooked into a guardrail for a SW tx and was well heard, but I don't recall who it was. That RF has to go somewhere.

I've used chain-linked fence as part of a ground radial system at HF. If you got it, might as well use it.
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Re: Longwave Pirates?
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2018, 2141 UTC »
So have I.  The galvanization process makes the signals go twice as far. ;)

Dammit! Now I've got visions of dozens of zinc washtubs filled with salt water acting as a ground for a ginormous vertical.

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Re: Longwave Pirates?
« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2018, 0449 UTC »
There was someone I heard about who hooked into a guardrail for a SW tx and was well heard, but I don't recall who it was. That RF has to go somewhere.

I remember hearing something about that too.
Captain Ganja maybe ?
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2018, 1945 UTC »
By God, I think you're right! How could I forget the Cap'n and his pal, the Runaway Maharishi?

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Re: Longwave Pirates?
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2018, 0021 UTC »
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Re: Longwave Pirates?
« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2018, 1912 UTC »
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