Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3112 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2001 17:51:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Oct 2001 17:51:09 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 6469 invoked from network); 22 Oct 2001 17:49:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 22 Oct 2001 17:49:47 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15vj5q-0002mg-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:42:30 +0100 Received: from mailhost.netscapeonline.co.uk ([194.201.52.152]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15vj5p-0002mb-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 18:42:29 +0100 Received: from ldsas07-71-122-60.cw-visp.com ([212.137.122.60] helo=netscapeonline.co.uk) by mailhost.netscapeonline.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 15viw7-00014a-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:32:27 +0000 Message-ID: <3BD44C55.3B8CDD24@netscapeonline.co.uk> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:41:57 +0100 From: "gii3kev" Organization: Netscape Online member X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en-gb]C-CCK-MCD NetscapeOnline.co.uk (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en-GB,en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: LF Loading coil designs References: <001101c15997$35e4b7c0$c657073e@computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Martin wrote: > I presently have an 80m G5RV antenna and would like to get it to resonate on > 136. Height is around 25 feet in the middle running down centre of garden > with feeder dog legged to the side. I have put a drawing at > http://www.btinternet.com/~pangbourneonthames/m0mgm/lfant.jpg > > Any thoughts on loading coil design to drive it from the output of a 100w > ropex would be apreciated. > > Martin A g5rv at 25 ft high is hardly ideal for 136 !! and you will need considerable base coil loading to resonate it, however if you contact me directly via email I will point you in the right direction to get you started. 73 de Mal/G3KEV