Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20850 invoked from network); 3 Oct 1999 17:37:46 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO magnus.force9.net) (195.166.128.27) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 3 Oct 1999 17:37:46 +0100 Received: (qmail 4230 invoked from network); 3 Oct 1999 16:37:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnus.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 3 Oct 1999 16:37:04 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11XoE1-0001HG-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:11:01 +0100 Received: from host-124.bip.net ([62.20.92.124] ident=root) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11XoE0-0001HB-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:11:00 +0100 Received: from default (t4o940p82.telia.com [194.237.163.202]) by host-124.bip.net (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id SAA26703 for ; Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:08:56 +0200 Message-ID: <000d01bf0db9$b2a91700$caa3edc2@default> From: "urban.ekholm" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: Did anyone hear my CQ:s ? Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:09:39 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Hello everybody !

After a lot of fiddling with taps on the loading coil for the tx output and the antenna and also the best setting of the variometer I this afternoon (oct 3) called a number of CQ:s for the first time on 136190. The time was 1400 to 1430Z. The question is: did anyone hear me ?
When listening I found the noise level being quite low and when home again I found a bad solder connection in the pre-amp so no wonder the noise level was low.

The tx has about 130W output into a T-antenna with the vertical part about 10m high and top loading with 3 wires 30m long spaced 50cm. The ground system is so far only one ground rod and 4 radials.
The rx is a TR7 and preamp.

What trigged me to try this band was that a couple of months ago I heard OH1TN and an OZ.... on a 40 turns loop with a side of 70cm.

73 de SM5EUF / Urban in JO78SQ (summer QTH)