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Subj: WORLD'S LONGEST ANTENNA ! ?
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From: VK5QX@VK5LZ.#ADL.#SA.AUS.OC
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EVEN BIGGER THAN TEXAS ??
Bob VK6BE wrote,
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" The late Allan, VK6MO (1955) when in a rural location conected his 80
metre transmitter (AM in those days) to a disused telephone line to see
what happened. His 80 metre signal was fine but I think BCI caused some
problem so the trial was ended.
Cheers. "
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I remember, probably about 30 years ago, listening to a CW QSO between an
Australian Amateur Radio operator using a "portable" station and a station
located in the USA.
The VK operator, in describing his setup, stated that he was using a 300
mile long wire antenna.
The US station queried this and asked whether the VK operator was using a
300 FOOT long wire antenna.
The VK station replied, and emphasised the fact, that he WAS using a 300
"MILE" long antenna.
Yet another query from the US operator, with a similar reply, upon which
the US operator made a couple of undignified remarks, said something like,
"You're off your nut" and terminated the contact.
Well, the VK station was pretty well correct in what he had claimed was
the length of his antenna. (It could well have been even longer!)
The fact is that across the north of South Australia, and continuing into
the state of New South Wales to the east and Western Australia to the
west, there is a fence. This fence, which is regularly maintained, is
often referred to as the "dog proof" fence.
The fence runs for hundreds of miles and is intended to prevent the
Australian wild dog, "The DINGO", from entering the lands to the south of
the fence and attacking the stock animals such as sheep and cattle. It has
been in existence for many years
In the instance described above, it happens that the Australian operator
had clipped the output lead from his transmitter to the top wire of the
"dog proof" fence. Thus it is highly likely that his claim was reasonably
correct.
Can anyone else come up with a "genuine" example of a longer antenna used
by an Amateur Radio operator ??
Regards,
Ian
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73 de Ian, VK5QX
@ VK5LZ.#ADL.#SA.AUS.OC
12 August 2002
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