Greetings, After adding a second good copper pipe ground rod at the termination point of the SW EWE, I have found I have really increaded the nulls. The first copper rod made an 80% change, but adding the second even helped more. The old EWE is back where it was 15 years ago and it is quiet as a mouse. The noise level is nil on the frequencies there are no stations. Threshold is at a point where the weak signal, which there are many are just above the receiver noise. I had forgotten how well that antenna worked, but the old copper clad rods I put in back in the 80s got in bad shape. I had changed the wire, and repaired anything that looked or acted bad on the matching transformers, coax, etc, but I did not think of the ground rods at the end. But what a difference. Here is a bandscan I did between 1-2 PM PDT. The SW EWE now does a much better job on knocking down the signals to the N/NE/E. It should be all set for the DU/TP DX this Fall. I already noted a weak 2ZB-1035-New Zealand on it last night. Now the bandscan.
530-Nothing 540-CBXQ-Ucluelet,BC-S4 550-KOAC-Corvallis, OR-S7 550-UNID presume KARI Blaine WA 560-KSFO-SF-Threshold 570-KVI-Seattle WA-S2 570-KCFJ-Alturas, CA-S2 580-KTMT-Ashland OR-S2 580-UNID- KMJ?? 590-KUGN-Eugene OR-S8 600-CKBD-Vancouver BC-S3 610-KRTA-Medford OR-S3 620-KPOJ-Portland OR-S8 630-KWRO-Coquille OR-S8 630-KCIS-Edmonds WA 640-UNID-Threshold-KFI?? 650-KSTE-Sacramento CA-S1 660-KXOR-Junction City OR-S8 670-Nothing 680-KNBR-SF-S2 680-KBRD-Lacey WA 690-CBU-Vancouver BC-S6 700-KGRV-Winston OR-S4 710-KIRO-Seattle WA-S6 720-KFIR-Sweethome OR-S4 730-CHMJ-Vancouver-Threshold 740-KCBS-SF-S1 750-KXL-Portland OR-S8 760-Nothing 770-KTTH-Seattle WA-S7 780-KKOH-Reno NV-Threshold 790-KWIL-Albany OR-S3 790-KWSW-Eureka CA 790-KGMI-Bellingham WA 800-KPDQ-Portland OR-S5 810-KGO-SF-S2 820-KORC-Waltport OR-S3/slop 830-slop 840-KSWB-Seaside OR-S9+37 850-slop 860-KPAM-Portland OR-S8 870-Nothing 880-KWIP-Dallas OR-S8 890-Nothing 900-CKMO-Victoria BC-S4 910-KTRO-Vancouver WA-S8 920-KSHO-Lebanon OR-S6 930-KAGI-Grants Pass OR-Threshold 940-KWBY-Woodburn OR-S6 950-KJR-Seattle WA-S5 950-KTBR-Roseburg OR 960-UNID (1-2 stations threshold) 970-KCMD-Portland OR-S7 980-CKNW-Vancouver BC-Threshold 980-KINS-Eureka CA-Threshold 990-KTHH-Albany OR-S3 1000-KOMO-Seattle WA-S5 1010-KMUZ-Portland OR-S4 1020-UNID-Threshold (presume KYXE) 1030-KDUN-Reedsport OR-S6 1040-KXPD-Portland OR-S4 1050-KORE-Springfield OR-S6 1050-KBLE-Seattle WA 1060-Nothing 1070-Nothing 1080-KFXX-Portland OR-S9 1090-KPTK-Seattle WA-S7 1100-KFAX-SF-S2 1110-KBND-Bend OR-S1 1120-KPNW-Eugene OR-S5 1130-Nothing 1140-KHTK-Sacamento CA-S1 1150-KXMG-Portland OR-S4 1150-KKNW-Seattle WA 1160-Nothing 1170-KLOK-San Jose CA-Threshold 1170-KPUG-Bellingham WA-Threshold 1180-KLAY-Lakewood WA-S3 1190-KEX-Portland OR-S8 1200-IBOC hash-S3 1210-KWMG-Auburn WA-S3 1220-KBJC-Salem OR-S3 (slop) 1230-KKEE-Astoria OR-S9+22 1240-KEJO-Corvallis OR-S3 (slop) 1250-KKDZ-Seattle WA-S3 1250-KCST-Florence OR-S3 1260-KLYC-McMinnville OR-S5 1270-KBAM-Longview WA-S8 1280-KRVM-Eugene OR-S4 1280-UNID's 1290-Nothing 1300-KKOL-Seattle WA-S4 1300-KAPL-Phoenix OR 1310-KNPT-Newport OR-S5 1320-KXRO-Aberdeen WA-S6 1320-KSCR-Eugene OR 1330-KKPZ-Portland OR-S5 1330-UNID 1340-KLOO-Corvallis OR-S4 1340-KUOW-Tumwater WA-S4 1340-KBBR-North Bend OR 1340-UNIDs 1350-Nothing 1360-KKMO-Tacoma WA-S3 1360-KUIK-Hillsboro OR-S3 1370-KAST-Astoria OR-S9+22 1380-Nothing 1390-KKSN-Salem OR-S4 1400-KBCH-Lincoln City OR-S6 1400-KEDO-Longview WA 1400-UNIDs 1410-KBNP-Portland OR-S4 1420-KITI-Chehalis WA-S8 1430-KYKN-Keiser OR-S6 1440-KMED-Medford OR-S2 1450-KBPS-Portland OR-S5 1450-UNID's 1460-KCKX-Stayton OR-S3 1470-KELA-Centralia OR-S8 1480-KBMS-Vancouver WA-S5 1490-KWOK-Hoquiam WA-S6 1490-KLOG-Kelso WA 1490-KBZY-Salem OR 1500-Nothing 1510-Nothing 1520-KGDD-Oregon City-S9+5 1530-KFBK-Sacramento CA-S1 1540-KXPA-Bellevue WA-S4 1550-KKAD-Vancouver WA-S9+5 1560-KZIZ-Sumner WA-S6 1570-Nothing 1580-KGAL-Lebanon OR-S3 1590-KMBD-Tillamook OR-S9+10 1600-KOPT-Eugene OR-S5 1600-KOHI-St. Helens 1600-UNID (KVRI?) 1610-TIS-Cape Disappointment WA-S5 1620-KYIZ-Renton WA-S4 1630-Nothing 1640-KDZR-Lake Oswego OR-S4 1650-TIS-Astoria-S9+10 1660-UNID-Threshold 1670-UNID-Threshold 1680-KDOW-Seattle WA-S8 1690-UNID-Threshold 1700-Nothing 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
