Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7629 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2001 16:12:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2001 16:12:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 20642 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2001 16:07:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 18 Jan 2001 16:07:07 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14JHTt-0001wM-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:00:09 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from [213.2.16.106] (helo=rsgb.org.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14JHTp-0001wD-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:00:05 +0000 Received: from miked by rsgb.org.uk with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.7.5.R) for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:56:01 +0000 From: "Mike Dennison" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:55:58 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: LF: Dipole antenna at LF Message-ID: <3A67120E.1269.16B7835@localhost> In-reply-to: <3.0.1.16.20010118165806.2d6f743a@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> References: <3A66F6F9.12573.101AF15@localhost> X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Return-Path: miked@mail.rsgbhq Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: ON7YD wrote: > When I got it correct you ran a long (fence) wire as a monopole > against ground. I believe that a dipole could have a very different > behaviour. With a monopole use the ground as counterweight so the > 'return current' has to come via the (lossy) ground, while for a > dipole this is not the case. No. The 'earth' is not worth using at that site. I ran one wire up the hill and one down with about 100m in each direction and a loading coil in the middle. Mike