Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dk06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 13DAB380000BD; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:53:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QmDsz-0004uL-Sm for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:51:33 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QmDsz-0004uC-B0 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:51:33 +0100 Received: from mail16.primus.ca ([216.254.141.183] helo=mail-02.primus.ca) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QmDsx-0005Cf-9Z for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:51:33 +0100 Received: from [98.124.14.64] (helo=Bigmachine.magma.ca) by mail-02.primus.ca with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QmDsu-0006F7-2P for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:51:29 -0400 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:51:58 -0400 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: Bill de Carle In-Reply-To: References: <4E292DA4.3090507@telus.net> <4E294BFF.4030700@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Authenticated: ve2iq - (Bigmachine.magma.ca) [98.124.14.64] X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Message-Id: Subject: Re: LF: Lightning Story Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed 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-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:474532064:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1db40a4e30a4e15139 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none Hi Roelof: Many thanks for the great idea, it is truly a robust antenna. Bill At 03:19 PM 7/27/2011, Roelof, pa0rdt wrote: >The only reports of failure are when people are accidentally feeding 100W >RF up the feed line! >Even then only one resistor and the 2N5109 output transistor need to be >replaced. >In all cases the J310 is not harmed at all!