In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
This is something that Spike has recommended, so perhaps a
couple of loops at the bottom of the garden well away from
the noise-inducing consumer electronics in this row of houses.

When I, with the right moral fibre to get something that
I wanted, took the Morse test at Portishead (Highbridge)
Radio in 1983, and then had a guided tour of the station,
the operators had a 32-position rotary switch to select
one of many receiving aerials pointed to all corners
of the globe.

I wonder if these would have been Wullenwebers / Elephant Cages,
or somewhere a field of rhombics.

What's the recommendation for remote RX antennae, loops or a single whip?

I prefer 14 element yagi's.


--
Jim Pennino

On 06/03/2018 18:59, wrote:
In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
This is something that Spike has recommended, so perhaps a
couple of loops at the bottom of the garden well away from
the noise-inducing consumer electronics in this row of houses.

When I, with the right moral fibre to get something that
I wanted, took the Morse test at Portishead (Highbridge)
Radio in 1983, and then had a guided tour of the station,
the operators had a 32-position rotary switch to select
one of many receiving aerials pointed to all corners
of the globe.

I wonder if these would have been Wullenwebers / Elephant Cages,
or somewhere a field of rhombics.

What's the recommendation for remote RX antennae, loops or a single whip?

I prefer 14 element yagi's.



We don't have the open prairie as in Yankland. Here in Britland all
land is owned by somebody and usually parcelled out in small lots,
about the size of a Yank double garage.

Actually in Brit, all land is owned by the cancer of the crown and
those who think that they are homeowners only hold the property
"in fee simple".

In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
On 06/03/2018 18:59, wrote:
In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:
This is something that Spike has recommended, so perhaps a
couple of loops at the bottom of the garden well away from
the noise-inducing consumer electronics in this row of houses.

When I, with the right moral fibre to get something that
I wanted, took the Morse test at Portishead (Highbridge)
Radio in 1983, and then had a guided tour of the station,
the operators had a 32-position rotary switch to select
one of many receiving aerials pointed to all corners
of the globe.

I wonder if these would have been Wullenwebers / Elephant Cages,
or somewhere a field of rhombics.

What's the recommendation for remote RX antennae, loops or a single whip?

I prefer 14 element yagi's.



We don't have the open prairie as in Yankland. Here in Britland all
land is owned by somebody and usually parcelled out in small lots,
about the size of a Yank double garage.

Actually in Brit, all land is owned by the cancer of the crown and
those who think that they are homeowners only hold the property
"in fee simple".

Not sure what all the babble about land in the UK is about since a 14
element yagi is 5 meters long.



--
Jim Pennino

On 06/03/2018 21:50, Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote:

Actually in Brit, all land is owned by the cancer of the crown and
those who think that they are homeowners only hold the property
"in fee simple".

No entirely correct.
This applies under English law only so applies only to England (and
probably Wales) and not to the whole of 'Brit'; Scotland and NI have
their own legal systems.
Scotland abolished all feu duty and feudal tenure (Scottish equivalent
of fee). NI used to have a similar system called 'Udal' but that has
been abolished.

Andy