It was a trial run. A DX trip to one of the most secluded places in England: The Wash! Unfortunately I chose a foggy day.
The Wash is a square-mouthed bay and estuary on the northwest side of East Anglia on the east coast of England. Approximately 20 miles on each side, it is where Norfolk meets Lincolnshire and it is one of the largest estuaries in the United Kingdom. It is fed by the Rivers Witham, Welland, Nene and Great Ouse.
Being one of the most electrically isolated places in the UK, I assumed it would be an ideal place to run out a Beverage antenna. It was! Reception of several countries in the Far East was possible on most frequencies across the medium wave broadcast band. Many of the signals came from Chinese domestic transmitters but it was impossible to know exactly which transmitter was being received in most cases due to co-channel operation. Some signals were so strong as to override European and sometimes English radio stations! As well as China, South Korea, Thailand, The Philippines and even Japan was received.
This trip was only a trial run and a simple 380 metre beverage was run along the ground towards the north-east, the best direction for receiving the Far East. I employed Bodgitt & Scarper methods throughout as it was a trial run and I wanted to see if reception was good enough to warrant a more robust build in the future.
I will include a log of stations heard towards the end of this page, but please be patient as it is currently under construction.
Abandon Hope ... all who run your beverages through here!
The peace and calm of the western shores of The Wash
A lone DXer tunes in to the world
RG58 leaving the mobile shack
RG58 on the ground!
The wire leaves the feed point (I know it's a bodge. This was only a test run)
Can you see the wire?
Termination point
Part of the beverage run
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