Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5038 invoked from network); 22 May 2000 10:17:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 May 2000 10:17:04 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tp9z-0001MX-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 11:10:07 +0100 Received: from front6m.grolier.fr ([195.36.216.56]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12tp9y-0001MR-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 11:10:06 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from club-internet.fr (ppp-44-34-143.wmar.club-internet.fr [213.44.34.143]) by front6m.grolier.fr (8.9.3/No_Relay+No_Spam_MGC990224) with ESMTP id MAA08251 for ; Mon, 22 May 2000 12:10:01 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <392915F6.FEEA1F44@club-internet.fr> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:11:51 +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: Horizontal polarization on LF References: <3.0.1.16.20000522112134.2ebfdd80@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> 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: Hi Rik, Hi All, I suggest you wait until I get on the air with my dipole. It's only 12 m above ground, works quite well on RX and the first tests telle me that it's going to work on TX. But, as you say, what's going to happen in real world? 73, Mark, F6JSZ P.S. Why did I choose a dipole? The fact is that I have the place necessary to install one, and I wanted to try another system to eliminate all that coil and variometer business. Tests will prove if the system works... or not! Rik Strobbe a *crit : > > Fact is that stations with long (ad low) horizontal wires (ie. OH1TN, > DJ9IE) produce very strong signals, but that only indicates that they > effecient antennas, not nessecarily horizontal polarized. > > 73, Rik ON7YD