Re: LF: WIPE OUT

[Minto Witteveen <minto.witteveen@gmail.com>]

Mal,
I dont think the antenna has anything to do with it. Earlier today when the thunderstorms where right over my qth my grabber was also completely washed out. At this moment i hear about two really big crashes per second on the ft817, and your sig is still visible. But look at the current lightning maps- the thunderstorms are 200 km from the east of my qth, much farther away from your qth but direct over Stefans's. I think that explains all. No way a wire antenna would work better in Heidelberg at this moment...
73's Minto pa3bca
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On Friday, August 26, 2011, mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Minto
> I can see my sig at present on ur grabber in spite of hvy qrn. I am also getting big crashes but I can control the signal over noise and avoid a wipe out situation. At present I am not visible on DK7FC because of noise, could be an antenna problem
> de mal/g3kev
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Minto Witteveen <minto.witteveen@gmail.com>
> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: LF: WIPE OUT
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> Hi Mal,
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> Looking at his grabber, my own AND the current lightning map of western Europe – it almost definitely is caused by massive lightning storms over the continent.
> My grabber is also washed out completely at times by the lightning.
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> 73’s Minto pa3bca
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> From: mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 18:56
> To: rsgb <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
> Subject: LF: WIPE OUT
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> Stefan
> You grabber looks washed out at times, is it the antenna you use ?
> I do not get this problem with my wire antennas, it copes with all eventualities
> de mal/g3kev
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