Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19117 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 14:35:25 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 14:35:25 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: (qmail 12292 invoked by uid 10001); 5 Aug 2003 14:35:24 -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 14:35:24 -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 19k2tA-0005n1-AQ for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:34:12 +0100 Received: from [212.125.75.12] (helo=mail4.messagelabs.com) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 4.14) id 19k2t6-0005ms-Bf for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:34:08 +0100 X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: William.Ashlock@bocedwards.com X-Msg-Ref: server-21.tower-4.messagelabs.com!1060093968!1085152 X-StarScan-Version: 5.0.7; banners=bocedwards.com,-,- Received: (qmail 11264 invoked from network); 5 Aug 2003 14:32:48 -0000 Received: from ukfw1.ge.boc.com (193.131.2.157) by server-21.tower-4.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 5 Aug 2003 14:32:48 -0000 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 PTKGGXFX; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 15:38:38 +0100 Received: by EXC_WIL04 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <33WG6K5M>; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:32:46 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Ashlock,William" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:32:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Subject: LF: RE: Beacon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0tests=noneversion=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 Hi Laurence, >deep deep in the thick forest lives a LF tranmitter with lossy vegetation >The site here is surrounded by cotton woods, birches and firs. This evening >I put out few 1/4Y radials, Yep some 550 meters in length each, but theyve >done nothing/zilch to probably override the lossyness of this site to local >flora and sometime fauna, but I had to try; Still 2-3 amps is 2-3 amps, and >I'm wondering how long it is before the beacon is heard somewhere. How long? About the same amount of time that it takes you to install the proper antenna for this environment - the TX loop. :) ..... Seriously, have you considered a large loop that is routed over the top of all those beautiful, low-loss, trees? (Low loss, at least from a loop's low-Z standpoint) Bill A _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information visit http://www.mci.com