Return-Path: Received: from rly-de02.mx.aol.com (rly-de02.mail.aol.com [172.19.170.138]) by air-de01.mail.aol.com (v126.13) with ESMTP id MAILINDE012-4b84b1835f3360; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:04:56 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-de02.mx.aol.com (v125.7) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDE023-4b84b1835f3360; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:04:37 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NGJlc-0004RK-Mv for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:03:16 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NGJlb-0004RB-Mq for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:03:15 +0000 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net ([165.212.64.31]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NGJlZ-0000PH-KE for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:03:15 +0000 Received: from cmsout01.mbox.net (cmsout01-lo [127.0.0.1]) by cmsout01.mbox.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A1782AD4FD for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:03:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmsapps04.cms.usa.net [165.212.11.133] by cmsout01.mbox.net via smtad (C8.MAIN.3.58V) with ESMTP id XID768NLcwDH3456X01; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:03:07 -0000 X-USANET-Source: 165.212.11.133 IN dibene@usa.net cmsapps04.cms.usa.net X-USANET-MsgId: XID768NLcwDH3456X01 Received: from [192.168.1.4] [151.47.214.95] by cmsapps04.cms.usa.net (ESMTPA/dibene@usa.net) via mtad (C8.MAIN.3.53P) with ESMTPA id 099NLcwDD3072M40; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:03:04 -0000 X-USANET-Auth: 151.47.214.95 AUTH dibene@usa.net [192.168.1.4] Message-ID: <4B183595.5060800@usa.net> Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:03:01 +0100 From: Alberto di Bene User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <38A51B74B884D74083D7950AD0DD85E828AAF4@File-Server-HST.hst.e-technik.tu-darmstadt.de> <4B16987B.9000002@usa.net> <4B179DE6.3050608@usa.net> <20091203194531.or926chzk844g4k8@webmail6.kuleuven.be> In-Reply-To: <20091203194531.or926chzk844g4k8@webmail6.kuleuven.be> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Z-USANET-MsgId: XID099NLcwDe3072X40 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Results of optimising an active antenna Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: 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-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Rik Strobbe wrote: > Roelof, > > I cannot agree, a Belgian beer can will provide at least 10dB better SNR ;-) I tend to agree with Rik, the best beers I ever drank were those in La Grande Place in Bruxelles, many years ago, when I was there for QRL. I remember a three-story building facing directly the Place, where you could taste all kind of Trappiste beers... I spent there many evenings... though I did not think to perform a measurement in dBs of the SNR with respect to beers coming from the Amstel river :-) 73 Alberto I2PHD