Hi Roger I said it was a quick fudge looks like I lost a factor of 10
somewhere. :-))
Please let me know the page in the Handbook where you found the error. If
Mike has not picked it up I will check it and email him with a correction to
hold for the next edit. It is very difficult spotting erros in equations,
and it is not until you come to use them that it falls out.
Alan
G3NYK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Lapthorn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Earth electrode loop area - I'm struggling
> Alan - see Rik's figures.
>
> Jim is not far off the line of fire from the "loop", maybe 20 degrees off
at
> most.
>
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
>
> On 18 June 2010 22:31, Alan Melia <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Roger A quick bit a fudging suggests about 6 (to 12)sq m. equivalent
> > (not
> > guaranteed correct :-)) ). How does that align with your figs? It
suggests
> > your aerial (loop) is not in the best
> > direction for him, or possibly you have a skin of good conductive ground
> > over the chalk, so you are not penertrating into the ground so much..
> >
> > What is your distance from Jim??
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roger Lapthorn" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:29 PM
> > Subject: LF: Earth electrode loop area - I'm struggling
> >
> >
> > > Please can someone help me with the maths? I've been trying to work
out
> > my
> > > effective loop area and I cannot get sensible answers. These are the
> > > measured or estimated numbers I have:
> > >
> > > Voltage across "loop" = 24.48V rms - measured
> > > Current flowing in "loop" = 0.15A - measured
> > > ERP (from far field levels) = 50-100uW (may be less) based on -18dB
S/N
> > with
> > > M0BMU
> > >
> > > From these figures I should be able to work out the loop area, but
either
> > my
> > > calculations are wrong or the figure is correct and the effective loop
> > area
> > > is very very small.
> > >
> > > Help!
> > >
> > > 73s
> > > Roger G3XBM
> > >
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