Topic: E- vs H-

[billhoblit]

I didn't see anything specific on this:
I'm setting up a new station.
Other than polarity and magnitude, why would one set up a magnetic receiver?  Simplicity?
Why would one NOT build an e-field station?
residential power line: 7.2kv, 100 meters
nearest 115kv transmission line: 10km (6 miles)
-bill

[Cutty Sark Sailor]

Well, Bill, I thought you got some answers over on Blitzortung Forum????
http://forum.blitzortung.org/showthread.php?tid=653&pid=6729#pid6729

Its up to you. Combo system supplies better parameters for processing. Much of which has not been implemented. An efficient system will use both.
Peruse http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/users/mansell/icae2014/preprints/Chen_64.pdf and if somebody figures it out, let us know. 

[JonathanW]

Each type of detector has advantages and disadvantages, among them being:

H-field is more immune to placement with respect to foliage and structures, and might be useful for direction finding with two orthogonal coils/ferrites.  E-field can detect polarity.

Having both will likely, eventually, enable two interference mode thresholds and more flexible functionality.