Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dk06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 76BDF3800008C; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:13:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QxbPZ-00060R-B6 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:12:13 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QxbPY-00060I-FV for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:12:12 +0100 Received: from filter02.i-online.fr ([195.200.78.9]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QxbPW-0001CD-VO for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:12:12 +0100 Received: from smtp.qtxt.dns-iol.com ([195.200.78.13]) by filter02.i-online.fr (IceWarp 10.2.2) with ESMTP (SSL) id LRM40956 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:10:56 +0200 Received: (qmail 11688 invoked by uid 507); 28 Aug 2011 11:12:01 +0200 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (john.rabson@numeo.fr@217.67.155.178) by smtp.qtxt.dns-iol.com with SMTP; 28 Aug 2011 11:12:01 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) From: John Rabson X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <000a01cc655b$8d44afe0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:12:03 +0200 Message-Id: <536236A6-39D9-475E-9EA9-BDE901F6A740@numeo.fr> References: <000a01cc655b$8d44afe0$0401a8c0@xphd97xgq27nyf> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: Ant Comparison Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4--939408751 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_50_60,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-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:466540352:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1db40a4e5a06a81536 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none --Apple-Mail-4--939408751 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 28 Aug 2011, at 10:21CEST, mal hamilton wrote: > LF > Last nite I observed DK7FC es G3XDV on 136.172 Khz. Using my 80 m vert = loop, end fire E/W DK7FC was Audible es Visible > but G3XDV was barely visible, broadside to my loop. I switched to the = Vertical inv L array and then G3XDV became the strongest signal Audible = es Visible and DK7FC still a good signal, so nothing new > but it shows how selective antennas can be. That's why I use a loop for LF reception. It keeps France Inter (next = department) down to a reasonable level. John F5VLF --Apple-Mail-4--939408751 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii

On 28 Aug 2011, at 10:21CEST, mal = hamilton wrote:

LF
Last nite I observed DK7FC es G3XDV on 136.172 Khz. Using = my 80 m vert loop, end fire E/W DK7FC was Audible es = Visible
but G3XDV was barely = visible, broadside to my loop. I switched to the Vertical inv L array = and then G3XDV became the strongest signal Audible es Visible and DK7FC = still a good signal, so nothing new =

but it shows how selective = antennas can = be.

That's why I = use a loop for LF reception. It keeps France Inter (next = department) down to a reasonable level.

John = F5VLF

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