Roger Lapthorn G3XBM has reported that both the 29.499 kHz Transatlantic transmissions have been heard in the UK

“In recent weeks a number of amateur tests have been running from the USA to Europe around 74kHz and at 29.499kHz using several hundred watts to large antennas. 74kHz has been well copied, but the surprise is 29.499kHz with SWL Paul Nicholson and Marcus DF6NM, and others, copying the test signals, for example, at over 15dB S/N in 424uHz bandwidth. As far as I know, these 29.499kHz VLF signals are the first amateur VLF ones to span the Atlantic - fantastic results by well equipped stations using suitable RXs and good software.”

— Roger Lapthorn G3XBM

His transmitter has a 3CX3000A7 tube in the final, running grounded grid and generating 800 W. The effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), however, was estimated to be approximately 1 mW. To operate on 10,000 meters, Raide has a 90 foot vertical antenna using a reconfigured Zepp, fed via a huge loading coil that is 4 feet tall, more than 1 foot across and comprised of some 2000 feet of #14 wire. He employs a few thousand feet of “chicken wire” for his radial system.

The transmission consisted of “XBA” sent at a rate of 120 seconds (2 minutes) per dot and 360 seconds (6 minutes) per dash of CW. In the UK Nicholson copied the signal on software using a PC sound card with a preamplifier ahead of it. His antenna is a pair of orthogonal loops, each 20 meters square, at ground level, transformer coupled to the preamplifier.

Full ARRL Story - http://www.arrl.org/news/hams-experimental-vlf-signals-heard-in-the-uk-europe

Spectrogram of the 29.499 kHz VLF signal - http://abelian.org/vlf/sg29499.shtml

Paul Nicholson VLF website - http://abelian.org/

Roger Lapthorn G3XBM Blog - http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/