Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8911 invoked from network); 17 Dec 2002 00:25:20 -0000 Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 17 Dec 2002 00:25:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 5659 invoked by uid 10001); 17 Dec 2002 00:25:10 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Dec 2002 00:25:10 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18O5XE-0000Kl-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:24:32 +0000 Received: from [212.135.6.10] (helo=smarthost0.mail.uk.easynet.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18O5XE-0000Kc-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:24:32 +0000 Received: from tnt-1-186.easynet.co.uk ([195.40.206.186] helo=erica) by smarthost0.mail.uk.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 18O5XD-000G37-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:24:31 +0000 Message-ID: <000a01c2a562$e14ea180$bace28c3@erica> From: "g3ldo" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <003501c2a54e$f83bdca0$d77c7ad5@main> <000401c2a557$a3107de0$12ce28c3@erica> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:25:23 -0000 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 V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: Earth resistance Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=5.0tests=QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT_OEversion=2.42 Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Earlier I said > The weather in the last few days has been very wet and the lawn is > saturated. The maximum antenna current is 3 amps and that is after I have > adjusted to matching transformer to try and compensate for chang in losses. > Furthermore the current variation over the 24 hour period is not apparent. At the moment I am transmitting on 72.4kHz (0020 Tuesday). It is drizzling and the humidity is high. The antenna current started off at 3 amps and has now climbed up to 4amps. I am not sure if this is due to some drying out effect of the coil or the rising tide. I will make a similar test in the morning when the tide will be out. Regards, Peter, G3LDO e-mail Web