Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-db03.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id E672438000CA1; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 14:02:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1RMO5I-0000Ba-3a for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:01:44 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1RMO5H-0000BQ-Mb for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:01:43 +0000 Received: from nm4-vm0.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([212.82.108.93]) by relay1.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RMO5G-0004lU-3f for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:01:43 +0000 Received: from [212.82.108.228] by nm4.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Nov 2011 18:01:36 -0000 Received: from [212.82.108.224] by tm1.bt.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Nov 2011 18:01:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1001.bt.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Nov 2011 18:01:36 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 338877.16186.bm@omp1001.bt.mail.ird.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 66924 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2011 18:01:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btinternet.com; h=DKIM-Signature:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-Antivirus:X-Antivirus-Status; b=ifjF/1WLHokCp1d18h0sNu5kAClhL5V5J5kxlkGkqx415F1GrC8LuEcxqbm7DCm7SCmAcR9IzWOkostPNNc1eDFllkVb15Z1b6Nbc7ce2R8EmFJA+NmI1u2OdgS/qm44vDBEprCFlzZqvtZMxiI9am1+/OHyyeY+j2vgBw8QKow= ; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=btinternet.com; s=s1024; t=1320429696; bh=xTZGW7jc5HYz+5UI9c9Qj0G9YPeIiYwZAAqN1dneWwA=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-Antivirus:X-Antivirus-Status; b=G39U0IEvEsFyeUCNC6KR3aqGSIgGYRHVyBm7RV2MENTL/3ygf2wiIb6Dp4a6RQNlkYXvB9sFDgPlWWMBmqTvzIP5zhgMeZA2Ag9muTAiQtW1RxX6Y2+GArxBHAv4kPqWwXE4+WgbgSxLslbvE06C9dq0uDrF/u1D05OHsv5xAXI= X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: Nu8wAEAVM1klB2WiVraWboSrjdKdrbvGVZXquSuQyNxXJ07 wo3XJ81aUSGuXNAgES0V2MI63B.jkQjQyQ9apvkCLPdqStw2W.YKqRYwo3Lg QIjZTi9zjb.qAoLEnFIHFKaftscpgnQkoDzo7JBuHsZmMtecKkVgb5iXM0Gp h4ShdbvuNIyOhUobUAhaB7ItE5WhdWIta4_ebgauWKMj4BllziIN7NlP17Tu _Elzwr3iKOGfgZevoakY8sAQEzLjPER86oM8hKCxPZ.xv02SJDgMgeXOOm6l 94OpOHBkCtRQTnkbMLMLmFYQXRHwgr121LBvmcIJJLMe0TVL85R8CPULzkng P9lFUnrhdDsxOfRYFm6DBFBM0AxvbaWh3KsU5C_Fh2yf2fhwJk65Vvcf4CtE kzZCnPp8- X-Yahoo-SMTP: fpz.2VeswBBs59bVshRPmMN51lcO2lgFRIvE4XTqE8dRwOxd70E- Received: from lark (alan.melia@109.149.175.132 with login) by smtp824.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 04 Nov 2011 11:01:36 -0700 PDT Message-ID: <00d201cc9b1b$d10f60d0$4001a8c0@lark> From: "Alan Melia" To: References: <6960E96D-E826-4AD3-A1FF-585BFBEC86A6@numeo.fr> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:01:43 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.2001 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.2001 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 111104-0, 04/11/2011), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001 Subject: LF: Re: PA0RDT whip 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 x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:496422336:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-m206.2 ; domain : btinternet.com DKIM : fail x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d40574eb428c763e2 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi John, It just gives a lower voltage drop but the unit only takes about 60mAmax I think. A Si would do the job. Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rabson" To: Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 5:51 PM Subject: LF: PA0RDT whip LF, I see from the RSGB Handbook that there is a Schottky diode in series with the +12 line. Does it have to be a Schottky device? John F5VLF