X-GM-THRID: 1198692045244269390 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf X-Gmail-Received: 8e8895f6e871e4c74c467b095c3ebfb1d7794edd Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.54.127.8 with SMTP id z8cs24266wrc; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.21.14 with SMTP id 14mr110741qbu; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:56:56 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id e19si200195qba.2006.03.23.16.56.55; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:56:56 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1FMaZi-0007ib-UX for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:54:46 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1FMaZi-0007iS-Cn for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:54:46 +0000 Received: from smtp808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.12.198]) by relay2.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FMbg9-0002RV-Jx for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:05:31 +0000 Received: (qmail 6571 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2006 00:54:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lark) (alan.melia@btinternet.com@81.131.44.60 with login) by smtp808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Mar 2006 00:54:38 -0000 Message-ID: <002701c64edd$8793ff00$67b0fea9@lark> From: "Alan Melia" To: References: <002101c64ac4$2f109860$2102000a@ibm> <8bf118410603190722u455ba0f7q@mail.gmail.com> <000d01c64df6$8e8aea40$2102000a@ibm> <001901c64ed5$dde7e2c0$fc687ad5@w4o8m9> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:54:33 -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 V5.00.2615.200 X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=-1.227 Subject: LF: Re: Re: portable DX-pedition antenna? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6436 Hi Jim I guess yours were Glass-fibre ...I have seen carbon fibre poles around and I believe these are actually conducting (dont fish near overhead lines !!) which might be another problem on LF. I dont know what some of the black coloured ones are but if they are loaded with carbon that may not be good either. Cheers de Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: James Moritz To: Sent: 23 March 2006 23:59 Subject: LF: Re: portable DX-pedition antenna? > Dear Dick, LF Group, > > I used three 10m telescopic fibreglass "fishing poles" to set up an inverted > L 136kHz antenna for an expedition to Puckeridge some years ago.