Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3683 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2001 13:03:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 5 Jun 2001 13:03:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 10170 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2001 13:02:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 5 Jun 2001 13:02:42 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 157GMW-0000vG-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:55:08 +0100 Received: from cmailg2.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.195.172]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 157GMU-0000vB-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:55:06 +0100 Received: from modem-94.ar-gimilzor.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.123.222] helo=g3aqc) by cmailg2.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 157GLr-0005Me-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:54:28 +0100 Message-ID: <002801c0edbe$a5096780$b428893e@g3aqc> From: "Laurie Mayhead" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Wire in the Air more info. Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 13:53:45 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

During the T/A tests last winter I ran out 2 additional radials 150 ft. long into the sea water with 4ft long earth rods. Recently the grass had to be cut so I brought these radial in,carefully checking the Ant. current with and without the radials. NO DIFF!

This brought me back to the" wire in the air theory" and I did somthing that I have been planning for some time. I added an extra 180 ft in the zig-zag configuration,in spite of the fact that Eznec recons that my top load is long enough to have linear current in the vert. section,and no improvement to be gained from the additional wire in the air.(Rad. res. only increasing from 0.069-0.070ohms). But Eznec doesnt adequately simulate currents in the ground at these frequencies. So I checked the Ant. current before and after. Before 3.2A after 3.7 Amps!!!

Very worth while,and once again "Wire in the Air" is vastly superior to wire in the ground.,at my location at least. My 350mw

ERP is now 450mw ERP.

Antenna now 48ft high, vert section 42ft from top of loading coil. Horizontal top 650 ft (apart from last 180 ft which slopes to 40 ft.

Top wires in zig zag config. 73s Laurie.