Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16604 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2001 09:22:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 29 Dec 2001 09:22:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 19017 invoked from network); 29 Dec 2001 09:22:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 29 Dec 2001 09:22:44 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16KFfT-0001Js-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:20:39 +0000 Received: from imailg2.svr.pol.co.uk ([195.92.195.180]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16KFfS-0001Jn-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:20:38 +0000 Received: from modem-14.ar-sakalthur.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.127.142] helo=g3aqc) by imailg2.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 16KFei-0003le-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:19:52 +0000 Message-ID: <001701c1904a$1e172ee0$8e7f883e@g3aqc> From: "Laurie Mayhead" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Interesting ! Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:46:19 -0000 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: When I came into the shack this morning it was snowing ! rather wet snow,and the ant. wires were about half inch diameter ! I turned on the Decca to check, and NIL no ant. current. Checked the variometer ,reduced inductance by almost 0.5mH and bingo current again. The wires are a bit low due to the weight of the snow but only about 1 ft. So wet snow seems to be quite conductive at 136 ! Does'nt seem to do much for ground loss though since max current about 0.25A short of dry weather conditions. Thought you'd like to know. 73s Laurie.