Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11588 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2002 20:33:32 -0000 Received: from marstons.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.223) by mailstore with SMTP; 15 Sep 2002 20:33:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 2258 invoked by uid 10001); 15 Sep 2002 21:37:31 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Sep 2002 21:37:31 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 17qg4c-00053B-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:32:54 +0100 Received: from [64.136.24.74] (helo=m11.boston.juno.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17qg4c-000531-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:32:54 +0100 Received: from cookie.juno.com by cookie.juno.com for <"yokUgcxCbtTP7XLrpefewAjjosXQXeLEbvFWTUsytsQGQuzaUNVgVQ=="> Received: (from riese-k3djc@juno.com) by m11.boston.juno.com (jqueuemail) id HCSA8YZK; Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:32:09 EDT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 16:26:52 -0400 Message-ID: <20020915.163124.-767759.5.riese-k3djc@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 2.0.11 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-1,3-15,17-18,20-25 X-Juno-Att: 0 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "BOB RIESE" Subject: Re: LF: Again on the E - Field Antenna. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.4 required=5.0tests=FORGED_JUNO_RCVDversion=2.31 X-Spam-Level: **** Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:14:35 +0200 "Giulio Scaroni" writes: >Hi to all, >i have received by Crystalonics the CP666 High Performance FET for >the AMRAD E Field Antenna, so in this weekend i have realized it. >The first impression is that i can't believe that with a 1 meters long >whip was possible listen from the DC to up 30 MHZ, an outstanding >design!!!!!! .Ahh, without a good ground connection near the whip the antenna is so >noisy that a piece of random wire in the shack is better!! > And the ground is the thing , Last year at a temp location a short piece of copper pipe 18 inches was all it needed to quiet down. At its newer spot looking forward to a good listening year. Has survived some good thunder storms as well so the FET is pretty rugged 73 to all the IK2DED Giulio Scaroni Good Luck Bob K3DJC