Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11486 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2002 08:15:07 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 25 Dec 2002 08:15:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 22700 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2002 08:15:29 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2002 08:15:29 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.12) id 18R6dG-000259-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:11:14 +0000 Received: from [62.253.164.45] (helo=mta5-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18R6dB-000250-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:11:09 +0000 Received: from jackie ([217.137.94.1]) by mta5-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021225081108.WOSX5426.mta5-svc.business.ntl.com@jackie> for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:11:08 +0000 Message-ID: <000f01c2abed$d1cbfa00$015e89d9@jackie> From: "Steve Thompson" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 08:15:42 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: RE: Re: Re: Loops again Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=8.0tests=QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT_OEversion=2.43 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false ----- Original Message ----- From: WE0H To: Sent: 25 December 2002 02:40 Subject: LF: RE: Re: Re: Loops again > Then why did my 1-watt signal go 1302 miles the other week? I was sending > QRSS-30 and the receive station was southwest from here. My loop points > north and south. It usually goes out past 500 miles in QRSS and over 160 > miles in CW with the receiving station listening to it with his ears. It is > an Ashlock loop maybe that is the difference??? What's special about an Ashlock loop? The article I mentioned does say that electrically tiny loops are inefficient - but aren't electrically tiny verticals inefficient too? Steve