Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11157 invoked from network); 10 Sep 2003 20:13:31 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by netmail00.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Sep 2003 20:13:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 13651 invoked by uid 10001); 10 Sep 2003 20:13:30 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Sep 2003 20:13:15 -0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19xBKU-0005PA-IQ for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:12:42 +0100 Received: from [194.73.73.93] (helo=rhenium.btinternet.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19xBKQ-0005P0-Nj for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:12:38 +0100 Received: from host213-122-18-247.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([213.122.18.247] helo=Main) by rhenium.btinternet.com with smtp (Exim 3.22 #23) id 19xBKP-0000NO-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:12:38 +0100 X-Bad-Message-ID: no DNS (Main) Message-ID: <001a01c377d7$c2c88120$6507a8c0@Main> From: "Alan Melia" To: "LF-Group" Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:11:43 +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 V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: re EWE aerials Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-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 X-Spam-Rating: 2 Hi Tracy, the only problem I could see is that they are directional and untuned. I suppose this could be remedied. After all Finbar has tuned a K9AY loop to good effect, retaining its directional properties and allowing control from the operating position. Mind you anyone who can get a 350 foot aerial in a British back garden could probably emulate Mal's system. I think Laurie G3AQC uses a variant of the EWE to null out Lessay Loran signals on receive. Of course if you are tuning you dont have to bother about the impedance, also if it is untuned I would guess it would vary a lot depending on the ground/ vegetation underneath. Finbar has also had reasonable success with a form of Beverage (no, not Jameson's) 900 feet long run about 5 foot in the air down the beach. It only worked in some directions, which is odd because a Beverage is not supposed to work at all over good ground (like sea-water). Cheers de Alan G3NYK alan.melia@btinternet.com