Return-Path: Received: (qmail 74527 invoked from network); 17 Jan 2005 08:14:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore01.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Jan 2005 08:14:20 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1CqRy0-000FLw-9O for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:10:30 +0000 Received: from [192.168.67.2] (helo=ptb-mxcore02.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1CqRxy-000FLD-VU for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:10:27 +0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1CqS1f-000A9w-U9 for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:14:16 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1CqS0x-0007x5-3M for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:13:31 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1CqS0v-0007ww-Ds for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:13:29 +0000 Received: from joseph.ncoldns.com ([208.181.178.5] helo=generation.lgisp.net) by relay.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CqS0o-000751-Mc for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:13:29 +0000 Received: from jsm (unknown [209.121.17.83]) by generation.lgisp.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 52C9979515 for ; Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:12:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <001b01c4fc6c$32056b60$9a4bfea9@jsm> From: "Steve McDonald" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <197.35d22bd8.2f12ca82@aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:11:48 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 208.181.178.5 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of gulfislands.com X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=no,FORGED_RCVD_HELO=0.05,HTML_40_50=0.086,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: West Coast CW Weekend Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Reverting to normal CW for the weekend attracted some new activity to the west coast LF scene. Both Scott (VE7TIL) and myself set our beacons to run 6 wpm CW with a "CQ...QSX 3536 kHz..." loop running while we were in the shack. Several locals, who have been following our LF experiments, took the opportunity to call in and complete two-way crossband CW contacts.

The following stations were involved:

VE7VB - Borge, in Victoria, BC (using one leg of his 80m dipole for rx)
VE7XF - Ralph, in Tsawwassen, BC (160m inv L for rx)
VE7WU - Allan, in Victoria., BC (40m loop for rx)
VE7BDQ - John, in South Delta, BC (HB 8' LF loop)

In addition, reports of solid copy were also received from AA7U, Steve, in SE Oregon (~350 miles) and from Dan, W7OIL, in Southern Washington (~220 miles).

Further crossband activity is being planned for both regular CW and QRSS mode in the hope of promoting new interest in LF and particularly the 2200m band. Such 'on-air' activity provides additional evidence that Canadian amateurs and commercial interests can co-exist on 2200m without causing disruption to the primary users.

73

Steve / VE7SL

Mayne Island, BC

Web: "THE VE7SL RADIO NOTEBOOK" at http://www.imagenisp.ca/jsm
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