Message-ID: <000801c8286b$6cfc60b0$0fe8fc3e@g3kev>
From: "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
References: <000701c82836$767c1ed0$30e8fc3e@g3kev> <20071116110035.30568ba8@saluki.ngw.uk.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:33:42 -0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: LF: MF CONDX
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org


Hi John
I did work VE1ZZ who gave me 549 when I popped out of the qsb at 0117 utc. I
had been 339 for some time before this. It was a good qso and he got his
report etc solid from me. Unfortunately condx have taken a dip since. I need
another opening like this for a qso with the USA. That same night I heard
WD2XSH/17 on 505.63 khz at 559 on normal cw and probably could have worked
him but he was in beacon mode. I have not heard him since.
73 de Mal/G3KEV


----- Original Message -----
From: "John GM4SLV" <gm4slv@sighthound.demon.co.uk>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: LF: MF CONDX


> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:52:19 -0000
> "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> > Condx on both 600 and 160m have been poor this past few days, nothing
> > hrd from W/VE last night/early this morning at this qth. It seems the
> > vy favourable condx on the 12/13/14 th have fizzled out
>
> Hello Mal and LF group,
>
> I was going to post something about the conditions on Tuesday evening
> (13th into 14th Nov) so Mal's post is an appropriate place to do it.
>
>
> I understand that some excellent T/A conditions were experienced that
> night, with Finbar working a WE2 station and I believe Mal himself may
> have worked VE1ZZ also. I had to go to work for a night shift so missed
> the late night excitement.
>
> Closer to home, earlier in the evening, Finbar and I had a long QSO in
> which we repeated a previous QRP experiment (the one reported in this
> month's RadCom). This time Finbar was able to reduce TX power in
> stages down through 5W, 2.5W, 1W, 500mW, 200mW, 100mW, 50mW, 20mW and
> finally 10mW.
>
> At each step I could read his CW by ear and at several of them he sent
> a 4-figure number for me to verify. At the final level of 10mW (TX
> power!!) I took a few minutes, riding the QSB and piecing together
> fragments of CW from the noise, but finally got the 4 numbers
> correctly. This is a fantastic "miles per watt" even at 10mW. Imagine
> what the "miles per watts ERP" might be?
>
> Earlier in the QSO I'd had to break off for a few minutes and left my
> audio recorder running. I listened back to the file yesterday while
> driving and heard Dave G3YMC call Finbar! This is the first time I've
> heard Dave's 5mW ERP and it was readable by ear! Finbar failed to hear
> Dave's call though, which I'm sure is a disappointment to him, and to
> Dave. I don't know if this was a fleeting opening as no more was heard
> from Dave later in the evening.
>
>
>
> The conditions were superb, but it's only in hindsight that this
> becomes apparent, as they subside back to "normal" for a few days.
>
>
> Well done everyone concerned and let's hope for more.
>
> John GM4SLV
> Clousta, Shetland
> IP90gg
>