Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14669 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2001 00:15:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Jan 2001 00:15:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 20677 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2001 00:17:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 17 Jan 2001 00:17:50 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14IgCh-0007ME-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:11:55 +0000 Received: from tomts5.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.25] helo=tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14IgCg-0007M3-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:11:54 +0000 Received: from server1 ([216.208.193.95]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010117001112.GMFM27935.tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net@server1> for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:11:12 -0500 Message-ID: <001301c08019$ee5c54a0$0a00a8c0@ThreeLakes.ca> From: "Larry Kayser" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <3A64248E.14437.4CF845@localhost> <3A64C80D.80581F5B@ns.sympatico.ca> <006901c07fee$c10a5e00$1e2d9fd4@f9.net.uk> Subject: LF: Late start tonight..... Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:09:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Greetings All: I had a late start tonight on 137.790, I lost several hours while I went to a quick learning course from the Decca 5501 Amplifier. In very short order, despite long success with polypropelene ropes for keeping wires away from bushes and towers etc., the Decca cooked all the ropes into shorter pieces of rope with burn marks. Yes the Decca will surely take a dead short on its output. It doesn't even grunt harder, it just sits there and pretends it is working. Three fast trips out to the remote site - on the third trip I went out to the loading coil site and saw all the yellow pieces of rope laying in the snow. All this happens because today I got another ampere out of the unit and into the antenna. Tomorrow should be better Larry VA3LK