From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
Organization: Radio Society of Great Britain
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:28:53 +0100
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I commented that my antenna current had gone down following the 
change from one top wire to three. I have re-engineered the far end 
and have improved things. It seems that the far end insulation was 
not as good as it could be (1m of plastic pipe). I have now restored 
the current to what it was before the change by adding an extra 
insulator in each leg.

This shows that it is just as important to keep the far end 
=extremely= well insulated as it is to minimise losses at the high 
current end.

The antenna still needs a little work to make it as mechanically stable 
as possible, but it performs well. I have just had to put a small 
attenuator in the front end of the receiver!

I look forward to some reports at the weekend.


Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm