Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25020 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2004 01:28:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore01.plus.net) (192.168.71.1) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Oct 2004 01:28:38 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1CJ03P-000HjU-8g for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:41:47 +0100 Received: from [192.168.67.2] (helo=ptb-mxcore02.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1CJ03O-000Hj2-Jg for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:41:46 +0100 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1CIzqe-0005G2-Qr for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 01:28:36 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1CIzpy-0004Fo-9j for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:27:54 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1CIzpx-0004Ff-Uf for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:27:53 +0100 Received: from mail.genesiswireless.com ([63.171.43.8] helo=ms.genesis-technology.com) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CIzpu-0006pY-Du for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:27:53 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.100] (rev-65.165.20.91.genesiswireless.us [65.165.20.91]) by ms.genesis-technology.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9H1QYbg008626 for ; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:26:35 -0500 Message-ID: <4171CAF0.4010304@genesiswireless.us> Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:29:20 -0500 From: WE0H Mike User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: In-Reply-To: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 63.171.43.8 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of genesiswireless.us X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no,TW_XD=0.077 Subject: Re: LF: xdw making the lights dim in Okie (and they do) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Laurence, She's looking a bit healthy up here tonight. I think ur gonna re-define Dogbones. :-D Later, Mike Laurence KL1X wrote: > Ive invoked the Decca amp (thanks Crawley club!) and it needs a bit of > tweaking, but we are running close to 30-35A aerial current into the > loop as is and nothing cap/toroid wise is getting warm - final power > will be around 1Kw when ive done the final tweeks to the coils in the PA. > > Ground wave tests whilst mobile using an E probe and FT817 and XDW at > 180W with the MRF amp (12 amps AEI) had the signal CW audible to 500 > miles whilst drive on I40, so it looks, even given the diminutive size > relative to lambda, that these things radiate quite well .-3dB points > look like 110 deg on this one, and Eu is around 1-1.5dB down on the > main lobe - Northern Africa gets the biggest theoretical signal > towards the East. > > Let the games begin. > > Laurence KL1X/5 Okie > > Beacon status > http://myweb.cableone.net/flow > > _