Return-Path: Received: (qmail 91709 invoked from network); 15 Dec 2003 15:20:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO marstons.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.223) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 15:20:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 17095 invoked by uid 10001); 15 Dec 2003 15:20:09 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.20) by marstons.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Dec 2003 15:17:50 -0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AVuSr-0004iG-Ax for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:16:53 +0000 Received: from [152.163.225.102] (helo=imo-r06.mx.aol.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AVuSq-0004ht-DG for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:16:52 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: G0MRF@aol.com Received: from G0MRF@aol.com by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id l.141.1ebd538e (24895) for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:16:18 -0500 (EST) From: G0MRF@aol.com Message-ID: <141.1ebd538e.2d0f2a42@aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:16:18 EST To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 670 Subject: LF: LF QSO. Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.60 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: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Rating: 1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit In a message dated 12/15/03 1:40:18 PM GMT Standard Time, g4wgt@talkgas.net writes:

At breakfast time this morning I looked down the garden &saw half the top
loading wires on the antenna were hanging down the side of my metal
telescopic mast, a support line had broken. I will endevour to carry out a
repair today (monday 15th if my work schedule allows)& be back on again
soon


Congratulations on the first QSO Gary........and welcome to the world of high voltages on your antenna......Best avoid 'braided' polypropylene etc as water gets trapped between the fibres.  A good glass or ceramic insulator or similar should be reliable. I look forward to hearing you on the band.

73

David   G0MRF