Topband: Topband DX/NVIS

[Gene Smar]

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<snip>Note: A friend is convinced that a low wire just a few ft off the
ground, on land adjacent to a freshwater lake will produce booming
signals for NVIS purposes.<snip>
The military radio collector group to which I belong tried something similar in the valleys of the Pocono Mountains of NE PA during a hamfest there a few years back. The Vietnam vets who had been in spec ops had us unroll an 80M dipole and hold it at eye level by pulling on the guy ropes while they transmitted through it at 50W on SSB from a PRC-47. We managed to talk back to the NCS at base camp two mountain valleys away loud and clear, while a Ham from upstate NY joined in on the fun. The vets told us they used this low antenna trick all the time while out on their LRRPs.
<snip>All antennas are fun. Some more than others.
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That they are. 
73 de Gene Smar AD3F 
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