Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18430 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2000 10:13:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 25 Dec 2000 10:13:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 12118 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2000 10:16:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 25 Dec 2000 10:16:11 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14AUZB-0002yC-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:09:17 +0000 Received: from mail4.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.193.211]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14AUZA-0002y7-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:09:16 +0000 Received: from modem-45.scandium.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.20.45] helo=default) by mail4.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 14AUZ2-00014k-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:09:09 +0000 Message-ID: <000101c06e59$fe305920$2d14883e@default> From: "MAL HAMILTON" To: "rsgb" Subject: LF: ve1zz Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2000 10:03:17 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Merry Christmas to all experimenters on LF. Unfortunately I am otherwise engaged at present and cannot participate with the VE1ZZ experiments, but now that he is being heard in EU by several amateurs a two way qso on 136 must be imminent. He has the advantage with a large antenna and good erp. In EU with a good high vertical antenna launching the 1W erp and preferably a good rural QTH or even better a QTH in Ireland, it is possible. Except you are extremely lucky the chance of being heard in VE/W with the average 40 ft vertical or low long wire is nil. These antennas are fine for a few hundred miles around europe but for long haul the big antenna is the secret. 73 de Mal/G3KEV