Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2328 invoked from network); 16 May 2000 18:26:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by bells.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 16 May 2000 18:26:24 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12rlvc-0001k4-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 16 May 2000 19:18:48 +0100 Received: from front4m.grolier.fr ([195.36.216.54]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12rlva-0001jz-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 16 May 2000 19:18:47 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from club-internet.fr (ppp-44-34-120.wmar.club-internet.fr [213.44.34.120]) by front4m.grolier.fr (8.9.3/No_Relay+No_Spam_MGC990224) with ESMTP id UAA00753 for ; Tue, 16 May 2000 20:16:13 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <39219F55.12DC8129@club-internet.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 20:21:06 +0100 From: "M & S" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [fr] (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: fr,fr,es-ES MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: Re: OFFICIAL: FRENCH OM ON LF References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Frustrating isn't it? However, my full-size dipole has been up during the december storm, and it works very well in RX mode and should (I hope) work in TX mode as soon as the amplifier is finished. For the time being, I have one quarter of the antenna on the earth, and no, it doesn't work so well in RX in such a configuration. 'Have to go back up the poles again... P.S. I remember my first QSO with a 10m dipole struck on the ceiling of my bedroom with pins... I think my first QSO was with a US station, on 14 CW, before I contacted 3DA0 something with just 10 watts and an interior aerial... 73, Mark, F6JSZ Mike Dennison a *crit : > > F6JSZ wrote: > > The amplifier is nearly finished and I have to repair the antenna which > > has fallen down on one leg (250 m of wire on the ground). > > This reminds me of the day I got my licence. It was January and it > had snowed the previous night. Excited by the new licence, I had > several successful 160m CW QSOs before I found that the antenna > was buried under several cm of snow. > > Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) > http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm