Cec, as an aside, when people are conversing with each other, 50
percent of the information passing to and fro is conveyed by body
language.

Body language is completely lacking when conversing via newsgroups.
This can very easily lead to misunderstanding and futile argument.

People should check and recheck what they have said before posting.
The existence of certain types of spelling mistakes and obvious
grammatical errors are a guide to the care and attention which has
been paid by the sender to saying what he intended to say.

I admit, very careless senders do not deserve any replies. Not because
absence of reply is an unsaid reprimand but because they have
indicated their inability to understand a reply if they get one.

Then there are trollers!

This message is primarily intended for people seeking solutions to
problems.

I have had only two glasses of white wine. (South African).

And I don't know how to use a spell-checker even if I had one.
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Yours, Reg, G4FGQ

And I have never been criticised for begining a sentence with "and".
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Reg.

I believe that REG and CECIL have lost the idea of what I asked in
the begining.
I'm NOT a dog going around in a circle chasing his tail ! I want
some FACTS.
NOT endless chatter, about the worlds demise!
I have a bought antenna made of wire. Yes, I should
have built it
myself,BUT I didn't. I need to know how to fix "said" antenna, and
intergrate
it into my small land. 1/8 of an acre. ON4UN's book on "low band
dxing"
states that there aren't any PROGRAMS for linear-loaded ant.'s out
there.
oh well, I guess that
I'll just haffta go back to 2m !

Paladin wrote:
ON4UN's book on "low band dxing" states that there aren't any
PROGRAMS for linear-loaded ant.'s out there.

That may be true but if we space the parallel conductors
a foot apart, take a look with EZNEC, and it's a dog of
an antenna, we can draw certain conclusions about the
closer spacing of your antenna.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp