Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27550 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 17:20:57 -0000 Received: from murphys.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.225) by mailstore with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 17:20:57 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: (qmail 27543 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 17:20:49 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 17:20:49 -0000 X-SQ: A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 18yxW2-0004p0-Qc for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:19:42 +0000 Received: from [212.125.75.12] (helo=mail4.messagelabs.com) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 4.14) id 18yxVx-0004or-R6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:19:37 +0000 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: William.Ashlock@edwards.boc.com X-Msg-Ref: server-20.tower-4.messagelabs.com!1048871970!46964 Received: (qmail 11634 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 17:19:30 -0000 Received: from ukfw1.ge.boc.com (193.131.2.157) by server-20.tower-4.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 17:19:30 -0000 Received: from z-160-100-160-136.est.ibm.com ([160.100.160.136]) by ukfw1.ge.boc.com; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:20:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from exc_wil04.edwards.boc.com ([162.118.144.226]) by exc_cra03.edwards.boc.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id HKNN3GY1; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:24:11 -0000 Received: by EXC_WIL04 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:20:06 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Ashlock,William" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:20:06 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Subject: LF: RE: Good News and bad news from GM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=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 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