Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29379 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2000 14:57:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 20 Dec 2000 14:57:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 20441 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2000 14:59:33 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 20 Dec 2000 14:59:33 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 148kab-00077Z-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:51:33 +0000 Received: from mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 148kaX-00077U-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:51:30 +0000 Received: from LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (LCBD15.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.80.15]) by mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id PAA743722 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2000 15:51:18 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20001220164308.2ddf4480@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:43:08 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: VE1ZZ on 136 In-reply-to: References: <3A3EF49D.2232ADA1@ns.sympatico.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: At 13:56 20/12/00 +0000, you wrote: >Hello all > >600 watts of RF puts about 4 amps into my long wire so if Jack VE1ZZ >gets 12 amps into his long wire, he must have 5 or 6 KW of RF! > >73, Tom G3OLB Or very low loss : 4 Amps with 600 Watts = 37.5 Ohm loss (at G3OLB) To get 12A with 600W loss must be as low as 4.5 Ohm, for 1kW you get 12A with a loss of about 7 Ohm and with 2kW it must be about 14 Ohm. I believe that Jack lives very close to the ocean, so in combination with a long wire losses as low as 10 Ohm (or less) are possible. 73, Rik ON7YD