X-GM-THRID: 1246936274618842803 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.2.20 with SMTP id 20cs45011fgb; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 23:28:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.24.18 with SMTP id b18mr2117390ugj.1189232926688; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l22si2034360uga.2007.09.07.23.28.39; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) client-ip=193.82.116.20; DomainKey-Status: good (test mode) Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) smtp.mail=owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; domainkeys=pass (test mode) header.From=we0h@yahoo.com Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ITtgW-0008CE-8W for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:20:48 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ITtgV-0008C5-L7 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:20:47 +0100 Received: from smtp116.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([209.191.106.147]) by relay2.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ITtgV-0001ef-1P for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:20:47 +0100 Received: (qmail 22094 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2007 06:20:40 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=tkT3U5pq0U0gD5dgpZyXPEHo4yhkec67Qcs9ssGM1pINLfS9jXinCDdLyIjPbddZiJst/wNl0/jNZkwwmF7d0jDOMqOtrM+/FwsllRVdF8ZLavAsn/VIi+GVU21xx6+YRSa4GNY1yjIKMlU+Qgr31F3PH0KxlGpB5RxF7K8paXM= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.103?) (we0h@207.224.73.1 with plain) by smtp116.plus.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Sep 2007 06:20:40 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: b_WI0IYVM1kn9nmDXXDQWHtfqg2FFKRGF8AHP43JCowOK1mSwvhtJUWf9pQjfyXVCQmNcMvjrOwflbkJzMt6LWDpaA-- Message-ID: <46E23F39.5080100@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:20:41 -0500 From: WE0H User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <090720071310.6828.46E14DDE0008720C00001AAC22092246270B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <090720071310.6828.46E14DDE0008720C00001AAC22092246270B97010D0A020E06979D0E03@comcast.net> DomainKey-Status: good (testing) Subject: Re: LF: BOG - Beverage on the Ground * Slinky ? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 247 I seen gold plated Slinky's on some website. Mike WE0H k2ors wrote: > Hello the list, > > Has anyone considered a 'Slinky' Beverage for 500kHz? For those not familiar a 'Slinky' is a toy spring approx 8cm in diameter. Stretch out the 'Slinky' (or several 'Slinkys in series) and you have an inductively loaded Beverage, a way of shortening the antenna mechanically. > > > -- > 73 Warren K2ORS > WD2XGJ 136-140kHz > WD2XSH/23 505-510kHz > WE2XEB/2 160-189kHz > WE2XGR/1 505-515kHz > > FN42hi > http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm