Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13780 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2001 01:41:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2001 01:41:54 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 17050 invoked from network); 25 Dec 2001 01:41:55 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 25 Dec 2001 01:41:55 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16IgVI-0006Ft-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2001 01:35:40 +0000 Received: from imo-m05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.8]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16IgVG-0006Fo-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2001 01:35:38 +0000 Received: from MarkusVester@aol.com by imo-m05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.9.) id l.144.6e77d0a (16337) for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:34:46 -0500 (EST) From: MarkusVester@aol.com Message-ID: <144.6e77d0a.295931b6@aol.com> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:34:46 EST Subject: Re: LF: 136 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.i for Windows 95 sub 72 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Dear John and LF group, > DF6NM identified ... what a nice surprise! But, after the kind reports es wishes from Laurie and Alberto, how could anything go wrong? Thanks a lot for listening and watching! > Your sigs seem stronger than when I saw you last year. ... in spite of much less power. In February, I had used a 65m balloon-borne vertical, easily radiating 1 Watt unless pushed by a slight breeze. This time, it was my "normal" small LF ant, which has only a 170 pF top load, 11 m above the roof of our two-floor house. In the cold weather, the total resistance goes down from abt 36 to less than 30 Ohms, and my 130 W TX produces 120 mW radiated power (220mW EDRP). - Besides better condx, using DFCW mode may also have helped. Thank you for all ! 73 and best wishes for christmas Markus, DF6NM > Hi If you send me your EMAIL address, I will send you JPEG > of your sigs from last night. Yes please, I'd love to see them ! MarkusVester@aol.com.