Return-Path: Received: (qmail 56860 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2004 10:06:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan02.plus.net) (212.159.14.236) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Jan 2004 10:06:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 23101 invoked from network); 7 Jan 2004 10:06:38 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from ptb-mxcore02.plus.net (212.159.14.216) by ptb-mxscan02.plus.net with SMTP; 7 Jan 2004 10:06:36 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1AeAaC-0005pj-PN for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:06:36 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AeAZc-0004KS-Uf for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:06:00 +0000 Received: from [134.58.240.46] (helo=spoetnik.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AeAZc-0004KB-EY for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 10:06:00 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spoetnik.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F53C34204 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:05:30 +0100 (CET) Received: from octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (octavianus.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be [134.58.240.71]) by spoetnik.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id C55D1341FA for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:05:29 +0100 (CET) X-Fake-Domain: dell-rik.fys.kuleuven.ac.be 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 9D8FDAEA24 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 11:05:29 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20040107110518.03a51aa0@u0019445.kuleuven.be> X-Sender: u0019445@u0019445.kuleuven.be X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 11:08:03 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Rik Strobbe" In-reply-to: <001501c3d4fc$10a34b10$6800a8c0@athlon> References: <000201c3d2f3$c4fb5f40$61e4fc3e@l8p8y6> <6.0.1.1.2.20031229161651.027e8660@POP3.freeler.nl> <000001c3d009$acf7a620$c7e47f50@Smisan> <6.0.1.1.2.20040103121138.0280f960@POP3.freeler.nl> <000601c3d2c3$2bd34e70$b733f7c2@johnb5a82ea1a4> <6.0.1.1.2.20040104163146.027efbe0@POP3.freeler.nl> <000201c3d2f3$c4fb5f40$61e4fc3e@l8p8y6> <5.1.0.14.0.20040106090928.03a8c2a0@u0019445.kuleuven.be> <5.1.0.14.0.20040106114939.03b15778@u0019445.kuleuven.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by KULeuven Antivirus Cluster Subject: Re: LF: Horizontally polarised radiation Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none 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-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 Dave, Thanks for the info. Where did Bruce order the gully ? I'm interested in one to enhance my LF signal. 73, Rik ON7YD At 21:55 7/01/2004 +1300, you wrote: >Rik >The ZL1WB LF antenna is strung across a gully and has between 300 and 600 >feet ground clearance. Support to support distance is around 1km but there >is quite a bit of sag, as you might expect-hence the ~3500 foot wire length. >(sorry for mixing units-it's probably a sign of age!) It's fed at one end >against ground and Bruce typically uses 40 watts or so of RF-he has a very >good LF signal around ZL, as you might expect. >73 > Dave, ZL3FJ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rik Strobbe" >To: >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 11:51 PM >Subject: Re: LF: Horizontally polarised radiation > > > > Hello Dave, > > > > Quite impressive. > > Can you give us a clue about the dimensions ? > > Ever thought of making a triangular shaped loop ? > > > > 73, Rik ON7YD > > > > At 23:29 6/01/2004 +1300, you wrote: > > >Have a look at the URL below to see a semi-decent horizontal LF >ntenna - > > >that of Bruce, ZL1WB. Whatever its predominant radiating mode is, it >works > > >rather well! > > > > > >73, > > >ZL3FJ > > > > > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~tractorb/ZL1WB%20LF%20ANTENNA.jpg > > > > > >