{"id":43283,"date":"2020-05-12T08:18:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43283"},"modified":"2020-05-12T08:19:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T12:19:39","slug":"dans-fridge-counterpoise-and-butter-cookie-signal-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/dans-fridge-counterpoise-and-butter-cookie-signal-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan&#8217;s Fridge Counterpoise and Butter Cookie Signal Booster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fridge-Counterpoise-scaled-e1589285961411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43288\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Fridge-Counterpoise-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Here&#8217;s something you and the SWLing Post bunch might enjoy. My latest innovation in signal enhancement. Listening to KNLS from Anchor Point, Alaska on the 30m band. Not sure how much signal gain is achieved with the butter cookie tin, but it looks intriguing! And the 40 KV electrolyte just happened to be in the area. I&#8217;m sure it adds at least another 3dB to the received signal strength. ??<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the relentless pursuit for better radio!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3seVKVarTaI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ha ha! I had no idea that Danish Butter Cookies could help with DX! So much better than setting the Skywave SSB on an Altoids tin! Thanks for the chuckle, Dan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who writes: Here&#8217;s something you and the SWLing Post bunch might enjoy. My latest innovation in signal enhancement. Listening to KNLS from Anchor Point, Alaska on the 30m band. Not sure how much signal gain is achieved with the butter cookie tin, but it looks intriguing! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[460,3,43],"tags":[6398,6546],"class_list":["post-43283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-c-crane-cc-skywave-ssb","tag-dan-van-hoy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bg7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56485,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/a-little-barefoot-ultralight-mw-dxing-in-which-my-mental-status-is-questioned\/","url_meta":{"origin":43283,"position":0},"title":"A little barefoot ultralight MW DXing . . . in which my mental status is questioned","author":"Jock Elliott","date":"May 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM About 10 days ago, the Better Half and I visited my wife\u2019s sister in Sodus, NY, a small town in the western part of the state near the shores of Lake Ontario. 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