Return-Path: <owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Received: from rly-df08.mx.aol.com (rly-df08.mail.aol.com [172.19.156.21]) by air-df08.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILINDF081-57148a455b03d9; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:56:40 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-df08.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDF088-57148a455b03d9; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:56:34 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KTfBR-0004JP-DF for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:56:17 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KTfBQ-0004JG-Ub for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:56:16 +0100 Received: from smtp-out-4.talktalk.net ([62.24.128.234] helo=smtp.talktalk.net) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>) id 1KTfBN-0001or-8k for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:56:16 +0100 X-Path: TTSMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgYLAG/yo0hOlHh2/2dsb2JhbAATgiEtgVyDf4FcBogvkkSRDIFV Received: from unknown (HELO mal769a60aa920) ([78.148.120.118]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP; 14 Aug 2008 16:56:04 +0100 Message-ID: <006201c8fe26$42ab15e0$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> From: "mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> To: "rsgb" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:56:04 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Spam-Score: 1.2 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,SUBJ_ALL_CAPS=1.166 Subject: LF: EARTH SPIKE Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005F_01C8FE2E.A3693170" 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-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n ------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C8FE2E.A3693170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Recent comments about earth spikes etc. I am using 2 elevated 1/4 wave insulated radials about 7 feet above ground o= n my 1/4 wave 500 Khz inv L, height just over 100 ft vertical. A groundplane system and no direct connection to Earth/ground. Getting a nice 1:1 swr and stable, virtually no variation regardless of WX 73 DE G3KEV ------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C8FE2E.A3693170 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-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Recent comments about earth spikes=20 etc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am using 2 elevated 1/4 wave insulated ra= dials=20 about 7 feet above ground on my 1/4 wave 500 Khz inv L, height just over 100= ft=20 vertical.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>A groundplane system and no direc= t=20 connection to Earth/ground.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Getting a nice 1:1 swr and stable, virtuall= y no=20 variation regardless of WX</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>73 DE G3KEV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_005F_01C8FE2E.A3693170--