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|`- Re: More aerial questions.David Paste
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|`- Re: More aerial questions.David Paste
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|`- Re: More aerial questions.David Paste
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+* Re: More aerial questions.Ivan Plapp
|`- Re: More aerial questions.Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)
`* Re: More aerial questions.Pamela
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 |||      +* Re: More aerial questions.R. Mark Clayton
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 |||      |`* Re: More aerial questions.Java Jive
 |||      | `* Re: More aerial questions.NY
 |||      |  `* Re: More aerial questions.Woody
 |||      |   +- Re: More aerial questions.Phil_M
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 |||       `- Re: More aerial questions.Mark Carver
 ||`- Re: More aerial questions.Ashley Booth
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 by: Java Jive - Fri, 11 Feb 2022 12:41 UTC

On 11/02/2022 09:55, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>
> On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 09:24:37 UTC, Mark Carver wrote:
>>
>> On 10/02/2022 06:18, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>>
>>> I had
>>> encountered it with a group of schoolmates on on a cross-country run
>>> (which as usual had changed into a cross country stroll as soon as we
>>> were out of sight of the school, but that's another story)
>>
>> I hated Cross Country at school. [snip]
>
> Likewise - until 14 I was schooled in Scotland. Usually if the ground was frozen too hard to play rugby we would instead be sent out on a cross country in the hills in shorts and a singlet at sub zero temperatures. It was best to keep running if you did not want hypothermia.
>
> PS not always - I got some nasty abrasions from being tackled on a frozen pitch!

Yes cross-country running was compulsory once a week until you reached a
certain age in our school. Hated it at the time, but later in life when
at agricultural college did it once or twice a week in the summer
holidays, beautiful part of the world with beautiful views so it was
getting to be almost a pleasure by the time the holidays ended. Next
term as a result, playing for the college badminton team, my reactions
were never faster.

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 by: NY - Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:52 UTC

"Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:su5lij$9sh$1@dont-email.me...
> On 11/02/2022 09:55, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 09:24:37 UTC, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/02/2022 06:18, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I had
>>>> encountered it with a group of schoolmates on on a cross-country run
>>>> (which as usual had changed into a cross country stroll as soon as we
>>>> were out of sight of the school, but that's another story)
>>>
>>> I hated Cross Country at school. [snip]
>>
>> Likewise - until 14 I was schooled in Scotland. Usually if the ground
>> was frozen too hard to play rugby we would instead be sent out on a cross
>> country in the hills in shorts and a singlet at sub zero temperatures.
>> It was best to keep running if you did not want hypothermia.
>>
>> PS not always - I got some nasty abrasions from being tackled on a frozen
>> pitch!
>
> Yes cross-country running was compulsory once a week until you reached a
> certain age in our school. Hated it at the time, but later in life when
> at agricultural college did it once or twice a week in the summer
> holidays, beautiful part of the world with beautiful views so it was
> getting to be almost a pleasure by the time the holidays ended. Next term
> as a result, playing for the college badminton team, my reactions were
> never faster.

Our cross country running route was like an obstacle course of hazards to be
overcome:

- down the narrow ginnel between the hedges, taking care not to slip on the
discarded "rubber goods" that had been left by the clients of Fuzz Bang, the
local prostitute: that ginnel was her night-time "patch" (allegedly)

- through the estate, avoiding the verbal insults and sometimes half-bricks
that were thrown by the local "Pots Kids"

- along the muddy un-made road, getting plastered from head to foot in cold
muddy water

- past the three hazards in quick succession:
- the "Stink Factory where they boiled up animal carcases to make glue
(hold your breath to avoid puking at the smell)

- under the pylons which fizzed, spluttered and crackled on a cold damp
November afternoon (but the corona round the wires was pretty)

- past the car-breakers yard where the Alsatian guard dogs were easer to
taste our blood (maybe stop to lob boulders at the scrap cars left outside
the gates to see if we could break a windscreen or two)

- along to the end of the lane, turn left and up to the war memorial where
the teacher would be sitting in his car wearing his thick overcoat with the
heater on full blast (*)

- up the hill and over the top, to rejoin the outgoing route (past the Three
Hazards, the Pots Kids and Fuzz Bang's johnnies) and home (**)

(*) We once moaned at the teacher, who also taught us maths, that he had it
easy. "Privilege of age and experience" he said with a big grin.

(**) Hence the roll-call at the war memorial, to catch out anyone who hid at
the junction in the P-shaped route, waiting to rejoin all those mugs who had
done the full course.

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From: harroga...@ntlworld.com (Woody)
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 by: Woody - Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:25 UTC

On Fri 11/02/2022 13:52, NY wrote:
> "Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:su5lij$9sh$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 11/02/2022 09:55, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 09:24:37 UTC, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 10/02/2022 06:18, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I had
>>>>> encountered it with a group of schoolmates on on a cross-country run
>>>>> (which as usual had changed into a cross country stroll as soon as we
>>>>> were out of sight of the school, but that's another story)
>>>>
>>>> I hated Cross Country at school. [snip]
>>>
>>> Likewise - until 14 I was schooled in Scotland.  Usually if the
>>> ground was frozen too hard to play rugby we would instead be sent out
>>> on a cross country in the hills in shorts and a singlet at sub zero
>>> temperatures. It was best to keep running if you did not want
>>> hypothermia.
>>>
>>> PS not always - I got some nasty abrasions from being tackled on a
>>> frozen pitch!
>>
>> Yes cross-country running was compulsory once a week until you reached
>> a certain age in our school.  Hated it at the time, but later in life
>> when at agricultural college did it once or twice a week in the summer
>> holidays, beautiful part of the world with beautiful views so it was
>> getting to be almost a pleasure by the time the holidays ended.  Next
>> term as a result, playing for the college badminton team, my reactions
>> were never faster.
>
>
> Our cross country running route was like an obstacle course of hazards
> to be overcome:
>
> - down the narrow ginnel between the hedges, taking care not to slip on
> the discarded "rubber goods" that had been left by the clients of Fuzz
> Bang, the local prostitute: that ginnel was her night-time "patch"
> (allegedly)
>
> - through the estate, avoiding the verbal insults and sometimes
> half-bricks that were thrown by the local "Pots Kids"
>
> - along the muddy un-made road, getting plastered from head to foot in
> cold muddy water
>
> - past the three hazards in quick succession:
>    - the "Stink Factory where they boiled up animal carcases to make
> glue (hold your breath to avoid puking at the smell)
>
>    - under the pylons which fizzed, spluttered and crackled on a cold
> damp November afternoon (but the corona round the wires was pretty)
>
>    - past the car-breakers yard where the Alsatian guard dogs were
> easer to taste our blood (maybe stop to lob boulders at the scrap cars
> left outside the gates to see if we could break a windscreen or two)
>
> - along to the end of the lane, turn left and up to the war memorial
> where the teacher would be sitting in his car wearing his thick overcoat
> with the heater on full blast (*)
>
> - up the hill and over the top, to rejoin the outgoing route (past the
> Three Hazards, the Pots Kids and Fuzz Bang's johnnies) and home (**)
>
>
> (*) We once moaned at the teacher, who also taught us maths, that he had
> it easy. "Privilege of age and experience" he said with a big grin.
>
> (**) Hence the roll-call at the war memorial, to catch out anyone who
> hid at the junction in the P-shaped route, waiting to rejoin all those
> mugs who had done the full course.

Our PT teacher was an ex army PTI and a bully. We had to do a cross
country every Tuesday morning which comprised:-
400m along a country lane with footpaths which was a busy 'back' route
500m up a grassy field
700m along the footpath on the side of the A6!!!
1100m through a housing estate and onto the original lane from the other end
Oh, and I forgot, 200m x 2 to and from the school gate.
In total (for those without a calculator!) 3.1Km or a gnats under 2m in
old money. We started after assembly at about 09:05 and the next period
started at 09:50. In that 45 mins we had to get changed, do the run,
have a shower and dress, and get to the next classroom. Those at the
back (including YT) often didn't get there until 10:00 which eventually
(we learned) led to a right royal staff room bust up between the PT
master and the next teacher (French ISTR) but as the PT man was a bully
not even the head could instruct him otherwise!

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 by: Phil_M - Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:16 UTC

On 11/02/2022 17:25, Woody wrote:
> On Fri 11/02/2022 13:52, NY wrote:
>> "Java Jive" <java@evij.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:su5lij$9sh$1@dont-email.me...
>>> On 11/02/2022 09:55, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 09:24:37 UTC, Mark Carver wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/02/2022 06:18, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had
>>>>>> encountered it with a group of schoolmates on on a cross-country run
>>>>>> (which as usual had changed into a cross country stroll as soon as we
>>>>>> were out of sight of the school, but that's another story)
>>>>>
>>>>> I hated Cross Country at school. [snip]
>>>>
>>>> Likewise - until 14 I was schooled in Scotland.  Usually if the
>>>> ground was frozen too hard to play rugby we would instead be sent
>>>> out on a cross country in the hills in shorts and a singlet at sub
>>>> zero temperatures. It was best to keep running if you did not want
>>>> hypothermia.
>>>>
>>>> PS not always - I got some nasty abrasions from being tackled on a
>>>> frozen pitch!
>>>
>>> Yes cross-country running was compulsory once a week until you
>>> reached a certain age in our school.  Hated it at the time, but later
>>> in life when at agricultural college did it once or twice a week in
>>> the summer holidays, beautiful part of the world with beautiful views
>>> so it was getting to be almost a pleasure by the time the holidays
>>> ended.  Next term as a result, playing for the college badminton
>>> team, my reactions were never faster.
>>
>>
>> Our cross country running route was like an obstacle course of hazards
>> to be overcome:
>>
>> - down the narrow ginnel between the hedges, taking care not to slip
>> on the discarded "rubber goods" that had been left by the clients of
>> Fuzz Bang, the local prostitute: that ginnel was her night-time
>> "patch" (allegedly)
>>
>> - through the estate, avoiding the verbal insults and sometimes
>> half-bricks that were thrown by the local "Pots Kids"
>>
>> - along the muddy un-made road, getting plastered from head to foot in
>> cold muddy water
>>
>> - past the three hazards in quick succession:
>>     - the "Stink Factory where they boiled up animal carcases to make
>> glue (hold your breath to avoid puking at the smell)
>>
>>     - under the pylons which fizzed, spluttered and crackled on a cold
>> damp November afternoon (but the corona round the wires was pretty)
>>
>>     - past the car-breakers yard where the Alsatian guard dogs were
>> easer to taste our blood (maybe stop to lob boulders at the scrap cars
>> left outside the gates to see if we could break a windscreen or two)
>>
>> - along to the end of the lane, turn left and up to the war memorial
>> where the teacher would be sitting in his car wearing his thick
>> overcoat with the heater on full blast (*)
>>
>> - up the hill and over the top, to rejoin the outgoing route (past the
>> Three Hazards, the Pots Kids and Fuzz Bang's johnnies) and home (**)
>>
>>
>> (*) We once moaned at the teacher, who also taught us maths, that he
>> had it easy. "Privilege of age and experience" he said with a big grin.
>>
>> (**) Hence the roll-call at the war memorial, to catch out anyone who
>> hid at the junction in the P-shaped route, waiting to rejoin all those
>> mugs who had done the full course.
>
> Our PT teacher was an ex army PTI and a bully. We had to do a cross
> country every Tuesday morning which comprised:-
> 400m along a country lane with footpaths which was a busy 'back' route
> 500m up a grassy field
> 700m along the footpath on the side of the A6!!!
> 1100m through a housing estate and onto the original lane from the other
> end
> Oh, and I forgot, 200m x 2 to and from the school gate.
> In total (for those without a calculator!) 3.1Km or a gnats under 2m in
> old money. We started after assembly at about 09:05 and the next period
> started at 09:50. In that 45 mins we had to get changed, do the run,
> have a shower and dress, and get to the next classroom. Those at the
> back (including YT) often didn't get there until 10:00 which eventually
> (we learned) led to a right royal staff room bust up between the PT
> master and the next teacher (French ISTR) but as the PT man was a bully
> not even the head could instruct him otherwise!

I used to enjoy cross country running, it beat playing rugby, especially
as my eyesight wasn't good enough to know who was on which side! Each
"house" had a different shirt colour and each team was a mix of all
three. I actually made the school cross country team.

Phil M

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On 11/02/2022 17:25, Woody wrote:
>
> Our PT teacher was an ex army PTI and a bully.

A common tale at the time. I encountered a number of bullying masters
in my passage through three schools and most were ex-military types. I
suppose one has to make allowances for the fact that not long previously
these people had been fighting to save the country, and such situations
don't exactly breed tolerance for any sort of weakness.

It's the voices I remember best. We called the worst of the military
types 'constipated' because if you imagined them on the toilet having
trouble with a really big one, that gave the exact sound of the voice.

My cousin, who celebrated his 90th at the tail end of last year, is fond
of relating a tale of my grandfather, whom I never knew, reading a
lesson in Inverness cathedral, making a mistake, saying: "As you were!"
for all the world like he was address the soldiers of the regiment of
which he was Colonel, and then continuing reading correctly this time.
This seems to have caused some quiet amusement amongst the churchgoers.

At my cousin's 90th I heard a delightful story from his wife. Because
of their age and consequent vulnerability to covid-19, throughout the
pandemic they were kept alive by their son and daughter-in-law who live
nearby, and took their shopping lists to the local supermarkets, got the
shopping, and left it at their door, before retiring to a safe distance
to enquire as to their health, etc.

But I suppose boredom must have set in somewhat, because once they'd had
their jabs they decided to go some place, I forget what for, but at the
edge of town who should they see but their son. "Oh no!", they thought,
"He'll insist that we return home!". The son knocks on the driver's
window and my cousin winds it down ...

Son: "Where do'ye think you're going?!"

Father: "Ah son, we're just off to Barnard's Castle, and really we
should have one of our children in the back to get the right effect!
Would ye care to come along?!"

The son was so overcome with laughter that he just waved them on.

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In article <j671oiFd9ecU1@mid.individual.net>, Eddie King
<xxxeddie_ce@gmx.net> scribeth thus
>On 05.02.2022 02:32, Pamela wrote:
>>
>> I have a 1940s valve radio which needs an external aerial like yours. I
>> haven't used it in ages but we would use a long wire. Positioning a
>> loop every time you tune a station would be too fiddly. Using an earth
>> would be posh.
>>
>> The last time I tried it the creaky old thing was working well. It's
>> almost identical to this one on eBay, although not as glossy and
>> perfect. Mine has a wooden case and I love it to bits. Visitors think
>> it's some broken old radio kept as an ornament but actually it's kept
>> because it works.
>>
>> https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224819633440
>
>Hii Pamela,
>
>you are probably aware, but just in case.
>
>If the radio hasn't been properly restored there is a danger of serious
>damage to components which are no longer available (mains and output
>transformers) if switched on after a long period of storage. Some
>coupling Capacitors are notorious for becoming leaky, leading to
>overstressed output valves and high currents causing damage to these
>components.
>
>Sorry if I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs but I though it a good
>idea to mention this to possibly prevent a much loved radio being damaged.
>
Years ago now i worked in a TV service dept and in those days we had
quite a few Valved TV's using such valves as a PCL85 frame output triode
pentode.

More often than not the set would come in with the linearity of the scan
ballsed up and it was quicker to change the half dozen caps around the
valve with more modern Polyester ones which restored it all and whilst
at it the usual 250 ish uF cathode bypass cap never any more bother
after that unless the valve developed a heather cathode short!..

In fact with more overall equipment a decent spate of cap changing and
up grading never goes amiss the old valve amp and radio receiver HT Caps
usually an 16 + 32 ish 400 volt cap is now nothing more then a surface
mount one, just checked the RS website!

In all our test equipment and audio amps the electos are upgraded and
changed a very worthwhile improvement to be had if of any significant
age!

In fact the audio on this PC is from a QUAD 303 power amp one of the
first out around 1967 vintage with new caps it performs to spec and
sounds fine via some Rodgers LS3/5A! Despite its 55 years of age!

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Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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In article <gSRfRNN9ft$hFwzK@brattleho.plus.com>, Ian Jackson <ianREMOVE
THISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> scribeth thus
>In message <VJCdncRsQYJQKWP8nZ2dnUU7-WHNnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Max
>Demian <max_demian@bigfoot.com> writes
>>On 05/02/2022 15:55, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>> On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 13:07:24 +0000, MB <MB@nospam.net> wrote:
>>>> On 05/02/2022 12:17, Pamela wrote:
>>
>>>>> It's new to me and Ian mentioned something about caapcitors. It's probably
>>>>> 5 years since I used the radio. What drill should I follow next time I use
>>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Large electrolytic capacitors can also make a mess if they fail, i.e.
>>>> explode!
>>> The liquid filled ones are the most fun, but they're pretty rare
>>>now,
>>> and I don't really think you're supposed to connect them directly
>>> across the mains...
>
>I'm glad you don't think that!!!
>>
>>If the smoothing ones in cans dry out you could just wire a (much
>>smaller) modern one across the terminals under the chassis.
>
>They rarely 'dry out'. Normally they go low-impedance.
>>
>The older type of electrolytics are, if not wet*, damp, and rely on a
>thin insulating layer between the +ve and -ve electrodes, and which is
>actually initially formed by electrolytic action. If the capacitor is
>left for a long time without any voltage applied, this layer dissolves,
>leaving a more-or-less a short circuit. However, it can often be
>re-formed by the gradual application of the DC voltage (preferably
>individually, via a current-limiting resistor, and observing the ingoing
>current and the voltage across the capacitor). *Some really old types
>really WERE wet, and you could hear the electrolyte sloshing around if
>you shook them.
>
>If you are restoring an old (collectible) radio (etc), purists will
>remove the innards of faulty electrolytics (and other components), and
>fit a modern one inside. Correctly done, the unit will look like new.

Sod that for a game of soldiers!, but i do know of some who do that the
IIRC QUAD 22 valve amp caps and or HT choke for instance!!..
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In article <djksvg9e4p6vbi4ub7fi22mnap6j86hpu7@4ax.com>, Martin
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>On Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:32:48 GMT, Pamela <pamela.private.mailbox@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On 16:05 2 Feb 2022, David Paste said:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I return with yet more aerial related questions.
>>>
>>> The radio next to me has an AM radio with reception from 522 kHz to
>>> 1629 kHz, giving approximate wavelengths of 574 metres to 184 metres.
>>> I understand that AM radio is vertically polarised in the UK. A
>>> quarter wave dipole would be a bit unwieldy at those wavelengths, so
>>> loop antennas are used.
>>>
>>> 1. How long should the wire that is looped be?
>>>
>>> 1(a). Can connecting the AM aerial terminal to the central heating
>>> copper piping act as an aerial? I am discouraged from just trying
>>> this in case there's something I am not aware of which results in a
>>> release of the Magic Smoke.
>>
>>I have a 1940s valve radio which needs an external aerial like yours. I
>>haven't used it in ages but we would use a long wire. Positioning a
>>loop every time you tune a station would be too fiddly. Using an earth
>>would be posh.
>>
>>The last time I tried it the creaky old thing was working well. It's
>>almost identical to this one on eBay, although not as glossy and
>>perfect. Mine has a wooden case and I love it to bits. Visitors think
>>it's some broken old radio kept as an ornament but actually it's kept
>>because it works.
>>
>>https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224819633440
>

>It's quite modern it has FM :-) In the 1950s, I had a radio that an uncle had
>bought during the war. I was given it when he emigrated to Canada. My parents
>binned it when they emigrated to Australia. Such a waste.

An aunt of mine gave me an old radio as i might like to play with it, it
was the first set I'd seen that had the FM band on it, and i was amazed
to hear all the extra instruments that were mainly in the upper fervency
register!!

Let alone that velvet quiet background:)

Bit like seeing a good 625 line picture after 405! that took a some time
out our way till the advent of Sandy heath on BBC-2 625 lines..

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