[Amps] Fw: Good Ground on 160

[N7HIY]

Richard,

sounds like another one of those old time radio ether sniffers on 160, too
much radio ether in ones proprogation theory causes brain damage.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:hoe-TOIM_NAJ:www.princetonastronomy.org/papers/cmiller_article.rtf+radio+ether+theory&hl=en&start=3&client=firefox-a

Cliff N7HIY

>>>> I heard this One one evening on 160m:
>>>>
>>>> The absolutely, positively best possible RF ground for receiving 160m
>>>> DX signals from Europe is a steel waterwell casing 1/2-wave deep (c.
>>>> 250').  According to the owner of such a waterwell casing, DX signals
>>>> on 160m travel deep in the Earth as electrical currents.  When such
>>>> currents encounter a resonant conductor, they are sucked upward to
>>>> the surface.  The 1/2 wave conductor is apparently essential for this
>>>> application since it acts as  a Z-matcher and a signal catcher.
>>>>
>>>> It is my opinion that the owner of said water well had not been
>>>> drinking water on the evening when he related the above story.
>>>>
>>>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
>>>>
>>
>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
>>
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