Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:03:20 +0100 Received: by ptb-mxcore15.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1DnKQa-00072O-DD for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:03:20 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore15.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1DnKQa-00071m-9z for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:03:20 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1DnKQ3-0002nY-3y for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:02:47 +0100 Received: from [82.108.183.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1DnKQ2-0002nP-KV for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:02:46 +0100 Received: from mk-smarthost-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com ([212.74.114.39]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1DnKQ1-0002vd-Gy for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:02:46 +0100 Received: from [212.139.53.213] (port=1273 helo=tcs01) by mk-smarthost-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DnKPw-000AiH-1G for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:02:40 +0000 From: "Gary - G4WGT" To: "LF \(Rsgb LF Group\)" Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:01:39 +0100 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 V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal Subject: LF: Testing Resumed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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: by PlusNet MXCore (v2.00) Hi All at LF, Antenna reconstuction finished (bathroom/showeroom also ccompleted), results look promising, getting 1.9A antenna current with transmitter at 200 watts DC input & my crude field strength meter is showing an increase over the previous antenna, I have ditched the spiral top load in favour of an earlier top loaded Marconi I tried out. Loading coil requires some slight modification as I can't tune it to bottom of band. Please look out for my random on air testing, reports will be welcome, I will attempt to notify of any prolonged testing. I'm going to modify the coil now. Regards, Gary - G4WGT - IO83qp Web : http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wgtaylor