Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28288 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2002 18:28:51 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 5 Sep 2002 18:28:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 3800 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2002 18:29:23 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 5 Sep 2002 18:29:23 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 17n1Lp-0003sL-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 19:27:33 +0100 Received: from [62.253.164.44] (helo=mta4-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17n1Lp-0003sB-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 19:27:33 +0100 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.232.138]) by mta4-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020905182728.FVRX27461.mta4-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:27:28 +0100 Message-ID: <000c01c25503$887188c0$8ae8fc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 18:41:28 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: GI pedition Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=5.0tests=SUPERLONG_LINEversion=2.31 Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

I have been in GI/Tyrone (IO64PO) this past 3 weeks and although the band conditions were excellent there was very little acty. I did work a few G stations and heard others and ON6ND was strong but he did not hear me. I was running about 100 watts to a 120 feet vertical, top loaded with a couple of 300 feet horiz wires on top and some ground radials about the same length.

The system resonated well with a base loading coil of about 1.2 mh. The qth is very quiet and ideal for LF, the rx on 136 just sounded like the 2metre band.

A few minutes ago I worked my first 5 mhz CW qso with a GM station. There are a lot of CW qso's

taking place at the moment on the new 5 mhz band, who said CW was dead!!!!!!

73 de Mal/G3KEV