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Old May 24th 06, 12:05 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?

Jay wrote:

I put the ball to a metal grinder and I could easily see an outer F
layer and then the E layer. I couldn't find a D layer, but it was dark
outside and there's not supposed to be a D layer at night. Neat how
antenna's can be manufactured to do that.

Just passed my tech and General on Sunday so I'll be on the bands as
soon as I find out my callsign and get an ionsphere for my antenna. I
destroyed the old one on the grinder and I hear you need a good
ionsphere to shoot good skip and hear far away stations.




So how'd you do on the CW portion of the test?

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