Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18461 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2003 17:17:12 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 26 Apr 2003 17:17:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 19306 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2003 17:17:16 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 26 Apr 2003 17:17:15 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 199THu-0003dQ-89 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:16:34 +0100 Received: from [62.253.164.42] (helo=mta2-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 199THm-0003dH-5T for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:16:26 +0100 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.208.159]) by mta2-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20030426171625.RXIN1184.mta2-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:16:25 +0100 Message-ID: <001201c30c0f$21ba3500$9fd0fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:12:15 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: loop v vertical Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0tests=HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGEversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) 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 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

There is a lot of QRN/rain static about today and the vertical is a lot better than the loop. I suppose its to do with the direction of the rain front. So a loop is not necessarily a quiet antenna and better than a vertical. There are various factors to consider before making defined statements and you need both antennas available at the same time to make comparisons.

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