Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11468 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 11:34:58 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by netmail00.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 11:34:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 6331 invoked by uid 10001); 5 Aug 2003 11:34:57 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 11:34:57 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19k04t-0004MC-QP for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:34:07 +0100 Received: from [134.58.240.42] (helo=rusty.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19k04p-0004Lz-Pe for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:34:03 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rusty.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95EFC1D72CA for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:33:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.240.71]) by rusty.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD941D714E for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:33:30 +0200 (CEST) Received: from dell-rik.fys.kuleuven.ac.be (pc-10-33-165-177.fys.kuleuven.ac.be [10.33.165.177]) by octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7BA6AEA6A for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:33:29 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030805133121.00b7d808@u0019445.kuleuven.be> X-Sender: u0019445@u0019445.kuleuven.be X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:33:30 +0200 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" In-reply-to: <002001c35b35$42695720$2fe086d4@bryan2> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by KULeuven Antivirus Cluster Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: Radials Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TOversion=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-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 Bryan, I've read somewhere that "ground resistance" at sea can be as low as a few Ohms, gues the overall efficiency will be determined by the losses in the loading coil. I'm looking forward to the results of the salt water experiment. 73, Rik ON7YD At 09:52 5/08/2003 +0100, you wrote: >I spend time in winter on a 30' sail-boat in salt water. Mast height about >40 ' .Lots of steel rigging and a Ally. . mast.. Can I expect miraculously >low 'ground' resistance?. I'll just have to sail 3 miles offshore USA >unless 136 licences become more readily available. Why does 'Kite' keep >coming to mind? > >Bryan