Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15737 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2002 21:11:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Feb 2002 21:11:20 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 11389 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2002 21:11:17 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Feb 2002 21:11:17 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16a1DJ-0003Ga-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:08:45 +0000 Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.36]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16a1DI-0003GT-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 21:08:44 +0000 Received: from MarkusVester@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.5.) id l.108.d1d7431 (3990) for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:07:19 -0500 (EST) From: MarkusVester@aol.com Message-ID: <108.d1d7431.29983b07@aol.com> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:07:19 EST Subject: Re: LF: Vertical grounded tower for LF antenna. To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0.i for Windows 95 sub 72 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hi Giulio, tnx for our little QRSS QSO yesterday night. In the beginning you were OO here, but after the exchange of reports I lost you completely, sri. Probably an extreme case of trans-alpine QSB? Hope to try again soon. > The tower is exatly 80 meters long, with a base of 8x8 meters, and at 70 > meters is 1x1 meters, and at 80 meters is 0.5x0.5 meters, so big antenna with > big capacitance to ground, i think is a smaller version of Decca insulated > tower, but this one is grounded. > Any idea?? > The picture is at this site http://www.as.net/~kn6dv/ik2ded/ik2ded.html Envy envy... that's the type of structure I'd like to have in the back garden ;-). How about three long wires sloping from the top, fed in parallel against the grounded mast? Cul de Markus, DF6NM in JN59NK