3.5 inch (89mm) "Frequent Flyer" FSL Antenna Rocks at Rockwork
The airport-friendly 3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna was specifically designed for easy, hassle-free airline travel to exotic places around the world. Despite the fact that it fits easily within hand-carry luggage, it can provide inductive gain boosts comparable to those of a 4 foot air core box loop (once the DXer becomes skillful in its operation).
This morning one of these "Baby FSL" models demonstrated exactly what it can do to enhance transoceanic signals at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon. During typical propagation it provided tuned gain boosts to a stock C.Crane Skywave model, resulting in these enhanced transoceanic signals from New Zealand and Australia. The full "Heathkit-like" construction article for this model (23 pages, describing design, construction and operation) is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/file/pnfm8909c77zjoy/3.5inch-FF-FSL.doc
531 PI Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Samoan talk at 1227
603 Radio Waatea Auckland, NZ, 5 kW Maori language chants at 1312
765 Radio Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW Maori music at 1255
774 3LO Melbourne, Australia, 50 kW ABC female talk at 1332
3.5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL photo at Rockwork 4 this morning is posted at
73, Gary DeBock (DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near Manzanita, OR, USA)
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