Return-Path: Received: from rly-de02.mx.aol.com (rly-de02.mail.aol.com [172.19.170.138]) by air-de07.mail.aol.com (v126.13) with ESMTP id MAILINDE073-4b84b18c13682; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:58:55 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-de02.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDE023-4b84b18c13682; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:58:48 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NGT2v-0005ht-Pg for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:57:45 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NGT2v-0005hk-CG for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:57:45 +0000 Received: from pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net ([81.228.8.164]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NGT2u-0002ku-GX for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:57:45 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (81.235.167.68) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.3.140.3) (authenticated as u33233109) id 4A5BC8BE00F310DA for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:57:38 +0100 Message-ID: <4B18C0F9.8060202@telia.com> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:57:45 +0100 From: "Johan H. Bodin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <38A51B74B884D74083D7950AD0DD85E828AAF4@File-Server-HST.hst.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de> <4B16987B.9000002@usa.net> <4B179DE6.3050608@usa.net> <20091203194531.or926chzk844g4k8@webmail6.kuleuven.be> <4B183595.5060800@usa.net> In-Reply-To: <4B183595.5060800@usa.net> X-Karma: unknown: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Results of optimising an active antenna 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 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Yes, those Trappiste beers are quite interesting, Chimay for example which is available in different signal strengths (QRP..QRO), but I don't believe it is possible to get them in metal cans. As a compromise, you can try to wrap the bottle in metal foil, or, avoid drinking it and solder the FET gate directly to the bottle's cap. :-) 73 Johan SM6LKM Alberto di Bene wrote: > I tend to agree with Rik, the best beers I ever drank were those in La > Grande Place > in Bruxelles, many years ago, when I was there for QRL. > I remember a three-story building facing directly the Place, where you > could taste > all kind of Trappiste beers... I spent there many evenings... though I > did not think > to perform a measurement in dBs of the SNR with respect to beers coming > from the Amstel river :-) > > 73 Alberto I2PHD