Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26440 invoked from network); 15 Nov 1999 10:46:44 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 15 Nov 1999 10:46:44 +0000 Received: (qmail 17396 invoked from network); 15 Nov 1999 10:56:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 15 Nov 1999 10:56:34 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11nJGh-0003wE-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:21:51 +0000 Received: from mserv1b.u-net.net ([195.102.240.137]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11nJGg-0003w3-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:21:50 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from rsgb.u-net.com ([195.102.80.225] helo=rsgb.org.uk) by mserv1b.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #63) id 11nJHY-000503-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:22:44 +0000 Received: from miked by rsgb.org.uk with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.5.0.R) for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:05:20 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "Mike Dennison" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:05:18 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: LF: Tuned radial X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Return-Path: miked@mail.rsgbhq Message-ID: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At the weekend, I tried using a tuned radial instead of my earth stakes. This followed Finbar's recent success. I ran a single wire up the garden - about 20m - one metre high. I tuned it by using it as an antenna tuned against ground and adjusting a series loading coil for resonance. The normal antenna was then reconnected and the tuned radial used instead of earth. Unfortunately, I could not get any current into it at all, even though the antenna resonated at about the right frequency. Any thoughts? Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm