Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15647 invoked from network); 20 Jul 1999 10:23:33 +0100 Received: from magnet.plus.net.uk (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 20 Jul 1999 10:23:33 +0100 Received: (qmail 24874 invoked from network); 20 Jul 1999 09:26:11 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 20 Jul 1999 09:26:11 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 116V3f-00043u-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:15:27 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mailserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.8.44]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 116V3e-00043p-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:15:26 +0100 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mailserv.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id KAA09079 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:21:07 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.19990720101649.2c7f313a@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:16:49 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: re Rik's 800m wire In-reply-to: <000501bed234$e4d13200$5be0abc3@default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Sender: At 23:11 19/07/99 +0100, you wrote: >Well Rik, if nothing else it would be fascinating to hear how well it acts >as a receive wire. I presume it will be the usual steel cored wire so it may >not be too good to try and get big transmit currents flowing, but it could >act as an interesting extrapolation beyond what most of us are able to >erect. I eagerly await your tests. >Cheers de Alan G3NYK > A ham I know works at the Belgian telephone company Belgacom. He is investigating if it is possible to get acces to some abandoned phonelines. It probably will be an activity for later on the year, I will inform the LF group about any experiments I will do in that direction. 73, Rik Rik Strobbe ON7YD rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.ac.be Villadreef 14 B-3128 Baal BELGIUM (JO20IX)