Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29918 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2003 09:44:01 -0000 Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 3 Jun 2003 09:44:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 25468 invoked by uid 10001); 3 Jun 2003 09:44:01 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 3 Jun 2003 09:44:01 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19N8Hu-0001Tm-Uv for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:41:02 +0100 Received: from [130.244.199.132] (helo=fep04-svc.swip.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19N8Hk-0001Td-Rb for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:40:52 +0100 Received: from oemcomputer ([213.101.40.218]) by fep04-svc.swip.net with SMTP id <20030603094051.QJJL16434.fep04-svc.swip.net@oemcomputer> for ; Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:40:51 +0200 Message-ID: <00a101c329b4$9a889400$932465d5@oemcomputer> From: "Johan Bodin" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000401c329ae$25f57f00$ea00a8c0@f3a3a2> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 11:43:04 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: Re.Well,well,well Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-22.8 required=5.0tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTESversion=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 Laurie Mayhead wrote: > it will certainly make a good second leg of a vertical dipole !!! It worked quite WELL here. I have no exact figures but the feedpoint resistance of my antenna was 30-40 ohms depending on WX, all losses included. - The 160 mm (approx.) steel tube in my well is 12 meters long, 11m through soil and 1m into the rock. - Loading coil loss was 6 ohms. - 40m of 2.5 mm^2 wire laying on the gnd from steel tube to feedpoint. - Inverted L, 85m long, 12 - 15m above gnd, also 2.5mm^2 wire. - Vertical part of antenna just a few meters from a tall birch tree (not good...) My signal was "armchair copy" at 100km with only 4 watts of output power. BTW, I strongly believe in Laurie's "footprint theory". 73 Johan SM6LKM