Hi Pat It sounds like you sure have a good ground in Seaside. Here in Arizona I am using 2=5 foot copper water pipe and one 8 foot ground rod for my ground and I get almost no ground for my EWE. Its been a long time since we have had any rain so the ground is very dry. The summer rain may start soon so I hope I can get my ground back. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 15:59:29 -0700> To: > irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [IRCA] SW EWE Day bandscan> > 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> _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HMWL_mini_pcmag_0707 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca
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