Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26550 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 19:16:53 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 19:16:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 1959 invoked by uid 10001); 28 Mar 2003 19:16:53 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 19:16:53 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 18yzHe-0005K7-EA for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:12:58 +0000 Received: from [212.159.14.221] (helo=netmail02.services.quay.plus.net) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 4.14) id 18yzHZ-0005Jy-LW for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:12:53 +0000 Received: (qmail 16573 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 19:12:22 -0000 Received: from 89.nas06.sheff.dial.plus.net.uk (HELO dellboy) (212.159.53.89) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 19:12:22 -0000 Message-ID: <003801c2f55e$21128cf0$18359fd4@dellboy> From: "Dave Pick" To: "LF Group" References: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:12:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: RE: Good News and bad news from GM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0tests=ORIGINAL_MESSAGE,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXTversion=2.51 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.51 (1.174.2.5-2003-03-20-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Bill The ground is peat and rocks.. The only earth system is radials and wire fences. Pointless banging stakes into this! 73 Dave GM3YXM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ashlock,William" To: Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 5:20 PM Subject: LF: RE: Good News and bad news from GM > Hi Dave, > > >Bad: No rain for a couple of weeks means the ground is dry and the current > >is poor, <3A on 136 and 1.5A on 72k. > >Bad: Rugby appears to be back on. > > What kind of soil do you have? Also, what type of ground screen do you have > under the antenna? The Lowfer guys in this area (eastern US) experience the > opposite effect. In other words, as the ground dries out we see improved > antenna current. Soil is fairly sandy and I'm thinking this is the reason. > > Bill A > > PS: There's still some snow in my back yard in spite of 70F temperatures - > more snow in forecast! > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by the WorldCom Internet Managed Scanning Service - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.worldcom.com > > >