Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6243 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2001 13:10:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 22 Jan 2001 13:10:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 9992 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2001 13:14:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 22 Jan 2001 13:14:24 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14KgiB-0001Lh-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:08:43 +0000 Received: from ds-img-3.compuserve.com ([149.174.206.136] helo=spdmgaac.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14Kghv-0001LW-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:08:28 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spdmgaac.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.9) id IAA19599 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:07:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:07:18 -0500 From: "Holger 'Geri' Kinzel, DK8KW" Subject: Re: LF: Qrss this morning To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <200101220807_MC2-C29F-851A@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: Rik, Ko, and other's >Can confirm that, he was several dB's stronger than before. >What improvement did you make Geri ? > >73, Rik ON7YD< thank you for the good report ... well .. what did I do? Basically nothing ... I lost one top-load radial due to the nylon rope holding it burning away ... seems to be a common problem. I is hanging downwards now ... might that be a reason? I don't know but will give it a thought. On the other hand when the weather is dry (which is the case these days when it is far below zero), I can get my antenna current nearly up to 3 Amperes instead of two, which might explain a few dB's. Additionally, no leaves at the nearby birch trees ... all that might help. Boy, I might come close to the 1 W ERP already without really knowing (although rather unlikely at "only" 350 W output), so the next nice sunny day I need to do a field strength measurement again ... Best 73 Geri, DK8KW (W1KW)