Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8063 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2003 08:45:31 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 08:45:31 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 11856 invoked by uid 10001); 15 Apr 2003 08:45:26 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Apr 2003 08:45:26 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 195M3C-0005T3-Uk for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:44:22 +0100 Received: from [194.217.242.89] (helo=anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 195M35-0005Su-SF for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:44:15 +0100 Received: from telemetry.demon.co.uk ([194.222.19.114]) by anchor-post-31.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 195M33-000KTx-0V for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:44:14 +0100 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:20:52 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Tom Boucher" In-reply-to: <000501c302ce$ba7a4680$75d1fc3e@ian> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike Version 3.03a Subject: Re: LF: The Mystery of the Missing Amps.. X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.3 required=5.0tests=IN_REP_TOversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-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 Ian I can't offer any explanation but I have had similar a unexplained reduction in antenna current when the grounding system was apparently improved. I took about 50 feet of mains 3 core to a 2 ft square piece of aluminium sheet which I threw into the pond, much to the disgust of the resident Golden Orf and Koi. Needless to say, that was an experiment which was abandoned. Anyway the XYL didn't think much of the cable draped across the lawn, so it was a non starter, although I suppose I could have buried it. 73, Tom G3OLB