Return-Path: Received: (qmail 68312 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2004 21:51:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan01.plus.net) (212.159.14.235) by ptb-mailstore04.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Mar 2004 21:51:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 31607 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2004 21:51:01 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore01.plus.net (212.159.14.215) by ptb-mxscan01.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Mar 2004 21:50:59 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1B2zz9-0007zh-Mb for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:50:59 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1B2zyP-0004hB-Uc for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:50:13 +0000 Received: from [213.40.2.14] (helo=gourd.sout.netline.net.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1B2zyP-0004gh-8V for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:50:13 +0000 Received: from [213.40.201.178] (helo=taylormade) by gourd.sout.netline.net.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1B2zxu-0005S4-Ai for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:49:42 +0000 From: "G4WGT - Gary" To: "Rsgb_Lf_Group" Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:50:31 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Subject: LF: 136 Antenna Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com 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-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 Hi All at LF, Still making improvements to the antenna system here, just installed 4 additional earth rods & this showed about 10% increase in antenna current (can't give you an accurate current measurement at the moment as I do not have a calibrated meter, I'm working on that as well). I have been monitoring my own signals on Dave's (G3YXM) grabber & last night was showing "dog boning" on my QRS3 tests, thats the strongest I've seen it. G0MRF transmitter running at 322 watts DC input. The biggest let down in my station is the Yaesu FT747GX which although is a good reciever at LF the thing drifts a lot with room temperature fluctuations even though I fitted a TCXO unit recently & although it did make a considerable improvement to stability, on long dot lengths the signal can almost drift off the Argo display. I think I have finished all the DIY jobs my wife lined up for me so I hope to get serious on 136 soon. 73 Gary - G4WGT