Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:37:56 +0100 Received: by pih-mxcore18.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1ELo7I-00018E-F5 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:37:56 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by pih-mxcore18.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1ELo7I-00017u-9Y for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:37:56 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ELo6P-0006Qi-8w for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:37:01 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ELo6O-0006QZ-Rk for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:37:00 +0100 Received: from smarthost1.mail.uk.easynet.net ([212.135.6.11]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1ELouE-0000DC-2C for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 22:28:34 +0100 Received: from [87.82.7.178] (helo=erica) by smarthost1.mail.uk.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 1ELo6J-0008vH-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:36:55 +0100 Message-ID: <000001c5c6c9$4ea6af40$b2075257@erica> From: "g3ldo" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:54:38 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Subject: LF: Re: 3 Topwires ?? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SpamFiltered: by PlusNet MXCore (v2.00) Hi Tom > At the moment the three ends are insulate. > Is it better to short the three ends, or better to insulate the ends?? As far as performance is concerned it doesn't seem to make any noticeable difference if the wires are separated at the ends or shorted together. However, if you are running a lot of power with a suburban sized antenna then the voltage on the antenna is very high. Corona at the ends of the wires can minimised by shorting the wires together. Regards, Peter, G3LDO e-mail Web