Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4214 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2001 12:37:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 19 Oct 2001 12:37:07 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 20608 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2001 12:36:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior with SMTP; 19 Oct 2001 12:36:56 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15uYp7-0000Xa-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:32:25 +0100 Received: from hestia.herts.ac.uk ([147.197.200.9]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 15uYp5-0000XV-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:32:23 +0100 Received: from gemini ([147.197.200.44] helo=gemini.herts.ac.uk) by hestia.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1) id 15uYoQ-00054r-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:31:42 +0100 Received: from [147.197.232.252] (helo=mj9ar) by gemini.herts.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 15uYoP-0000Xp-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:31:41 +0100 From: "James Moritz" Organization: University of Hertfordshire To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:34:55 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: LF: LF antennas and Mercedes X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) Message-ID: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Dear Mal, LF group,

>....and plenty of real estate for real LF antenna experimentation >and an abundance of MERCEDES BENZ to drive on roads still >uncongested. G3KEV

You keep making tantalising references to these mysterious antenna experiments - perhaps you could share some of the results with the rest of the LF group. I'm particularly interested to know how Mercedes figure with regard to LF - do you use them for antenna top loading, or bury them for improved grounding perhaps? I suppose if you laid enough of them end-to-end along an uncongested road, you could make a sort of Beverage antenna.

As an amateur with a QTH only a few miles north of Watford, my budget for LF experiments probably wouldn't run to a single Mercedes, let alone an abundance of them - do you think Fords or Ladas w ould be a workable sustitute?

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU