Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6701 invoked from network); 29 May 2002 09:42:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO marstons.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.223) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 29 May 2002 09:42:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 13532 invoked by uid 10001); 29 May 2002 09:46:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 29 May 2002 09:46:26 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17CzuC-00034z-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 29 May 2002 10:38:08 +0100 Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au ([203.26.10.16]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 17CzuA-00034u-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 29 May 2002 10:38:07 +0100 Received: from steve (ppp158.dyn154.pacific.net.au [210.23.154.158]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA09206 for ; Wed, 29 May 2002 19:37:55 +1000 Message-ID: <001601c206f4$ca650480$9e9a17d2@steve> From: "Steve Olney" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: Subject: LF: Re: Loop Amperage ~~~~~~ Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 19:39:47 +1000 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 5.00.2615.200 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: G'day Bill, > > Don't see a problem here. > Could even be a good perch for the birds in the winter? > Dave ZL3FJ has been running a loop for quite a few years now with 800W PEP which gives a peak of around 30A. No reports of any problems that I have heard. It is run from a suburban backyard and is about 25 feet high by 50 foot long. It uses 2 conductors of 7/1.5mm aluminium in parallel and has an inductance of about 64uH. Series tuned by about 15nF. 73s Steve VK2ZTO