Harold Beverage discovered that a long wire on the ground was directional in Otter Cliffs, Maine,, late summer of 1918 at the NBD Navy radio station. A type of, on ground, receiving wire is now called a BOG antenna. (Beverage on Ground)
For a Harold Beverage interview check out http://www.qsl.net/aa3px/1968.html All excellent reading. Of particular interest a paragraph starting - Beverage: I wasn't so much on the ship The 1923 Beverages at1XAO Belfast Maine were nearly 10 miles long. But not that long in terms of wavelength for frequencies of 15 to 22 KHZ. I have spent many years researching this station 73 Bruce-K1FZ _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
