Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13361 invoked from network); 18 Dec 1999 16:47:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 18 Dec 1999 16:47:06 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11zNJH-0003S5-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:06:23 +0000 Received: from as-img-6.compuserve.com ([149.174.217.151] helo=spamgaaf.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11zNJF-0003S0-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 17:06:21 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spamgaaf.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.7) id LAA26099 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:33:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:33:20 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "'Geri' Kinzel, DK8KW" Subject: LF: Wire Antennas ... To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <199912181133_MC2-91A6-4152@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hi Lowfers, some of us have not been QRV for some time due to the heavy winds. Well, I thought with my telescopic fibre glas mast lowering it doen and re-erecting should be a matter of minutes. Now, hours later, my experience has helped me to discover some essential basic laws: Geri's laws for erecting wire antennas ============================ - When erecting an antenna tower with guy wires or top loads, each of the wires wire will get caught wherever possible. - The probability for a wire to get caught is at least exponential to the total number of wires used. - The probability of one single wire to get caught at a specific place is directly reciprocal to the acessibility of that place. - If there is a slight chance that you might need a ladder, you will need it. BTW: My antenna is back in the air I am QRV again. CU on the air! 73 Geri, DK8KW (W1KW) P.S.: My longwave information homepage can now also be reached under http://www.qru.de, which might be easier to remember than my previous addresses.