By Andy Foad G0FTD from the The South Gate Amateur Radio Club
Some time back in the beginning of 2005 I hatched a devious plan to get a decent signal out on HF using a shopping trolley.
The advantage was that I could easily take a 10 minute walk to the beach where I'd be able to have the massive advantage of nature's best linear amplifier called the sea.
It seems to add at least 20db when compared to nature's best attenuator - a typical suburban plot with poor earth conductivity and all that bricks and mortar adding insult to injury with those low angle signals.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Confessions of a Shopping Trolley Wally
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