Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.28]) by air-df03.mail.aol.com (v126.13) with ESMTP id MAILINDF031-5eea4b43c82a28e; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:15:54 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id C2A5F380000A6; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:15:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NSIbi-0005bm-Em for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:14:34 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NSIbh-0005bd-RP for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:14:33 +0000 Received: from mail-fx0-f211.google.com ([209.85.220.211]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NSIbf-0003zq-DR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:14:33 +0000 Received: by fxm3 with SMTP id 3so7513953fxm.4 for ; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:14:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:x-goomoji-body:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=9wk/3Hen5AplUC8olNKYKXof0Cl7OOzmhpmzeWNgC+U=; b=CCGeKODPu7JaEd5ZLZYi2Knt5rH4DKBF52B13vREsfrBXbLcy04Z7A/CYxdPYtc32o l8Ml0h0iO7+qWL6zasKaT2OwBp90PSWLj7gsNycMN9nKfW23nmTUIf6Z9TpY4kd6g6Q+ 6WhdDS0IoSPkRpQTvNUBu1O3G/ekFl7xOXQe4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:x-goomoji-body:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=b9bRIuQIZKmvayqVfEzkIz7WEOF2sYCLVNM00F8c6kAMr3UElemWhUCdW10S70FP1G wfAY5epPYV+vysGwNj/qo/VxK7T5phhk6u1KiMA51eZh7GWkMW8M9vRVuoUPxrAFZq4N 7fY+xssZMfX+L61lS//zqazK+ehOmG8l4lBUc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.145.204 with SMTP id t12mr988367hba.142.1262733264647; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:14:24 -0800 (PST) X-Goomoji-Body: true Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 23:14:24 +0000 Message-ID: From: Andy Talbot To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Karma: unknown: DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 1.6 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_12=1.639,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: G4JNT Beacon snow laden Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=001485f7d87caf7604047c72ff6f 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=HTML_MESSAGE 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-global-disposition: G X-AOL-VSS-INFO: 5400.1158/52684 X-AOL-VSS-CODE: Scan Clean x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d411c4b43c828516c X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-AOL-VSS-INFO: 5400.1158/0 --001485f7d87caf7604047c72ff6f Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f7d87caf7600047c72ff6e --001485f7d87caf7600047c72ff6e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Anyone finding my beacon a bit on the QRP side... Just got home from work (4 hours on a coach to do 50 miles, then 9 miles walk back home coz everything is stationary) Found the LF antenna sagging under 10cm of snow. Bashed the bulk of the snow off, but the last bit clinging to the top Tee is detuning. At least the Class A MOSFET is designed to work into complete mismatches and can take the abuse. [?] Andy www.g4jnt.com This email has been scanned for damaging side-effects by the health and safety police, is guaranteed to contain no substances hazardous to health, but may contribute to dissolving the nether and polar regions --001485f7d87caf7600047c72ff6e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Anyone finding my beacon a bit on the QRP side...
Just got home from work (4 hours on a coach to do 50 miles,=A0then 9= miles=A0walk back home=A0coz everything is stationary)
Found the LF antenna sagging under 10cm of snow.=A0=A0 Bashed the=A0= bulk of the snow off, but the last bit clinging to the top Tee is detunin= g.
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At least the Class A=A0 MOSFET is designed to work into complete mism= atches and can take the abuse.

Andy
www.g4jnt.= com

This email has been scanned for damaging side-effects by th= e health and safety police, is guaranteed to contain no substances hazardo= us to health, but may contribute to dissolving the nether and polar region= s
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