Topband: Cone of Silence

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

At 16:56 2005-05-11, W7DD wrote:

>I experimented with the cone of silence many years ago with a very low 
>Beverage (1 inch high).  To my amazement I could easily see when I had 
>reached the correct length.  The ZL and VK signals were reduced a 
>significant amount when I had it right.

Boy, my Beverages must be perfect COS length, then, because ZL and VK signals are virtually unreadable here at any time....:-)

>I used the cut, test and compare technique for length adjustment.

Don, you must be superman!  By the time I could get from the chair to my Beverage, any VK/ZL opening I might have had would be gone....

Bud, W2RU