Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1170; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id t8N02Qm5020409 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 02:02:26 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ZeXSI-0006OD-9d for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:58:38 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ZeXSI-0006O4-1L for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:58:38 +0100 Received: from fish2.hurontel.on.ca ([216.46.129.163]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.86) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeXRD-0002PT-NK for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:58:36 +0100 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1442966234-0718de1ccc24a80001-a32kfu Received: from [192.168.1.100] (pppoe.dyn-216.46.143.247.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.143.247]) by fish2.hurontel.on.ca with ESMTP id 0RrObmOMSAqw2c0n for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:57:14 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: weazle@hurontel.on.ca X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 216.46.143.247 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: Re[2]: LF: Ground From: John Bruce McCreath X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:57:14 -0400 Message-Id: <7D0571DA-AC11-4E7D-B58B-98E205AFFC60@hurontel.on.ca> References: <001301d0f2ae$fa2eb260$6401a8c0@ehnebrcdvojcgn> <5601AAC9.16444.5D0433D@mike.dennison.ntlworld.com> <1274797445.20150922194915@chriswilson.tv> <3C2B98A6F28044638496C1991A0AB12F@gnat> <469E7A2F-C551-4AB1-84DE-E4B442A5A5A0@hurontel.on.ca> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Barracuda-Connect: pppoe.dyn-216.46.143.247.hurontel.on.ca[216.46.143.247] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1442966234 X-Barracuda-URL: https://fish.hurontel.on.ca:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at hurontel.on.ca X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.22804 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Scan-Signature: 87966b345956c8ef3389b993f6a18f4e Subject: Re: Re[2]: LF: Ground Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by paranoid.lipkowski.org id t8N02Qm5020409 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4119 > Hi JB, yes I think I remember that....do you have any measurements of the improvement? Hi Alan....no measurements were taken, as the antenna/ground system was for my xtal sets. The antenna is an inverted-L, connected to the series L-C circuit of my AMU, then to ground. It tunes the 500 - 1,800 kHz. broadcast band. I do recall that it was worth the effort. 73, J.B., VE3EAR LowFER Beacon "EAR" 188.830 kHz. QRSS30 EN93dr