Return-Path: <owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Received: from mtain-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.88]) by air-di05.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDI054-eac94c42d493131; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:16:51 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-db04.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 365A2380000A1; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:16:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OaQtj-0002aq-KD for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:15:03 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OaQti-0002ah-TR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:15:02 +0100 Received: from out1.ip09ir2.opaltelecom.net ([62.24.128.245]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>) id 1OaQti-0000pO-BL for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:15:02 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EAAJxQkxcEYnT/2dsb2JhbACPaQOQBGMOvSaFJQSLFw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.55,222,1278284400"; d="scan'208,217";a="442051254" Received: from unknown (HELO xphd97xgq27nyf) ([92.17.137.211]) by out1.ip09ir2.opaltelecom.net with SMTP; 18 Jul 2010 11:14:56 +0100 Message-ID: <002401cb2662$106e5db0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> From: "mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> To: "rsgb" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:14:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Spam-Score: 1.2 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS=1.166 Subject: LF: EARTH MODE Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB266A.71E1BF80" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_40_50,HTML_MESSAGE, SUBJ_ALL_CAPS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d40584c42d492570e X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB266A.71E1BF80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It would appear what some are using for antennas ie Earth Mode, I am= using as a ground system for my Airborne antennas. No wonder maximum tx range is very limited. A more straight forward ap= proach to cover the same distance would be a megaphone. g3kev ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB266A.71E1BF80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-88= 59-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It would appear what some are using= for antennas ie=20 Earth Mode, I am using as a ground system for my Airborne antennas.</F= ONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>No wonder maximum tx range is very li= mited. A more=20 straight forward approach to cover the same distance would be a=20 megaphone.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>g3kev</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01CB266A.71E1BF80--