Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15378 invoked from network); 7 May 2001 19:33:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by 10.226.25.101 with SMTP; 7 May 2001 19:33:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 18300 invoked from network); 7 May 2001 19:33:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 7 May 2001 19:33:52 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14wqfN-0005Zc-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 07 May 2001 20:27:33 +0100 Received: from imo-r11.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.65]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 14wqfL-0005ZX-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 07 May 2001 20:27:32 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-r11.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.10.) id l.c1.e1dd45e (4333) for ; Mon, 7 May 2001 15:26:16 -0400 (EDT) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 15:26:16 EDT Subject: Re: LF: Measurement of antenna current To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 120 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Steve, I don't recall whether you ever mentioned what the length is of your coil. Is it an appreciable fraction of the overall antenna height? Also, I seem to recollect that some of the discussion involved excess turns at the "hot" end (top) of the loading coil. I wonder what might have been the outcome if you had removed them, rather than simply shorting them? 73, John