Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5459 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2001 15:13:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by extortion.plus.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2001 15:13:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 3212 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2001 15:16:36 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 18 Jan 2001 15:16:36 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14JGgR-0001dx-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:09:03 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.6]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14JGgQ-0001ds-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:09:02 +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 QAA211888 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:08:51 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3.0.1.16.20010118170002.2d6fbe82@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> X-Sender: pb623250@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (16) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:00:02 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" Subject: Re: LF: Dipole antenna at LF In-reply-to: <003f01c0815b$fbf10e60$0a00a8c0@ThreeLakes.ca> References: <3.0.1.16.20010118144119.33cf64d8@mail.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> 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: Hi Larry, interesting. Especially as some of us recently experienced that wet stuff absorbs a lot of RF. What frequencies were used at MF ? 73, Rik ON7YD At 09:31 18/01/01 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings Rik and Andy: > > >> Many years ago I did read somwhere an article about >> horizontal dipoles used in the desert that were just laying on the sand. > >I hope this relates, but we used to lay MF and HF antennas on the surface of >the snow or even ice in the Canadian Arctic. When we started it was a big >deal to use some poles about 5 or 6 ft long to support the antennas, then we >noticed it did not mater (when they fell down) so we just let the wire lay >on the surface. > >Larry >VA3LK > > > > >