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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:09:00 +0000
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From: "Tom Boucher" <tom@telemetry.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: LF: All systems running
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Christer
I heard (and called) you tonight at around 2130. Your signals were RST
559 here in the county of Devon, South-West England. The last time I
heard you was about 2 weeks ago, presumably on your larger antenna, and
from memory your signal was about the same strength.

73, Tom G3OLB

>Hello all,
>
>As you may have heard my 27 m vertical crashed in the hard winds we had 
>recently.
>I have now built a new one, 23 m high and with larger diameter of the tubes 
>(200-160-125-100 mm).
>I have also reduced the number of top loading wires in order to make tuning 
>easier during hard winds.
>
>I had to add 4 turns on the loading coil to get the system resonated.
>
>All antenna work is done in 30 cm snow and partly in the dark...
>
>I'm interested comparisons between this antenna and the old one.
>Reports are welcomed.
>
>73
>Christer, SM6PXJ
>
>
>

-- 
Tom Boucher