Wednesday 13 March 2013


A spot of mobile DXing from one of my favourite locations, Fairhaven Lake in Lytham St.Annes, the sea comes in and meets the sea wall and has a saline lake to the back of the car, making use of the sea in the fresnel zone helps lower the angle of radiation, just what's needed for real long distance DXing.

In use here is my High Sierra Sidekick screwdriver base, 5' whip and large capacitance hat, this is used for 40/80m and makes a big difference, less inductance is required from the screwdriver and helps promote a more even distribution of current along the short antenna.