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THE 160 METER BAND WAS THE CLOSEST WE COULD USE.  W2RCA PLANNED TO MAKE
THEIR REENACTMENT TRANSMISSION ON 1825 KHZ DURING THE SAME TIME AS THE
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION 100 YEARS EARLIER.  THE SAME MESSAGE THAT HAD BEEN
SENT TO GODLEY WAS TO BE RETRANSMITTED WITH SOME SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT.  IN
1921, GODLEY INSTALLED A 1,300 FOOT BEVERAGE ANTENNA IN ARDROSSAN AND
POINTED IT TOWARD CONNECTICUT.  WE USED A US PRODUCED RECEIVER A FLEXRADIO
FLEX 6500 BUT OUR LOCATION DIDNT ALLOW FOR A BEVERAGE ANTENNA TO BE
INSTALLED, SO WE USED A HALF WAVE DIPOLE AT 35 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.  WE
EXPERIENCED VERY POOR HF PROPAGATION DURING THE DAY BEFORE THE EVENT, AND
WERE CONCERNED WE MIGHT SUFFER SIMILAR CONDITIONS FOR THE REENACTMENT ON
160 METERS.  ONCE IT GOT DARK, WE STARTED CHECKING 80 METERS, AND THE BAND
SEEMED TO BE IN REASONABLE CONDITION.  AS THE NIGHT WORE ON, WE STARTED
CONTACTING A FEW US EAST COAST STATIONS ON 80 METERS.  WE CHANGED TO 160
METER OPERATION AT AROUND MIDNIGHT.  SHORTLY AFTER, WE HEARD OUR FIRST VERY
WEAK SIGNALS FROM CANADA AND THE US.  WE HAD PROPAGATION ON 160 METERS THAT
MIGHT MAKE THE REENACTMENT TRANSMISSION VIABLE, AND THE EXCITEMENT ON SITE
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