Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dd05.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dd05.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.145]) by air-mc05.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMC054-a96a4c46ef202ea; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:59:13 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dd05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 4B7E038000085; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:59:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ObYrt-0006G6-Oq for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:57:49 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ObYrt-0006Fx-76 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:57:49 +0100 Received: from mail.hurontel.on.ca ([216.46.129.11]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ObYrs-0007tx-9R for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:57:49 +0100 Received: from pppoe.dyn-67.220.42.200.hurontel.on.ca (pppoe.dyn-67.220.42.200.hurontel.on.ca [67.220.42.200]) by mail.hurontel.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B00D5E for ; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:57:44 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) From: John Bruce McCreath In-Reply-To: <478581.40879.qm@web63607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:57:43 -0400 Message-Id: <8D9C2E33-0110-4334-AEB8-210ED23796A0@hurontel.on.ca> References: <478581.40879.qm@web63607.mail.re1.yahoo.com> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: LF: Best way to connect feedline - advice appreciated Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d40914c46ef1e0e50 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi Andy, LFers, Looking good....if it survives a year, you'll have to make it bigger! My= mentor back in the 60's always said that the only antennas that stay up aren't big enough or they where erected in good= weather, LOL. Have you calculated or measured the capacitance of the topload structure? 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr