Envelope-to: dave@picks.force9.co.uk Delivery-date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:06:12 +0000 Received: by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with spam-scanned (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1FAxd5-000207-VB for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:06:12 +0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (PlusNet MXCore v2.00) id 1FAxd5-0001zy-Pc for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:06:11 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1FAxca-0000Dk-O1 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:05:40 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1FAxca-0000Da-5L for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:05:40 +0000 Received: from outbound05.telus.net ([199.185.220.224] helo=priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FAz35-0004nr-3v for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:37:22 +0000 Received: from cognizant1 ([64.180.173.28]) by priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.04 201-2131-123-105-20051025) with SMTP id <20060219230517.OMRI17402.priv-edtnes40.telusplanet.net@cognizant1> for ; Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:05:17 -0700 Message-ID: <001d01c635a9$3288a940$0201a8c0@private.network> From: "Scott Tilley" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <5b.7a6959ba.312a4f5f@aol.com> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:07:03 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: LF: Slow BPSK Test Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 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-PN-SpamFiltered: by PlusNet MXCore (v2.00) Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Markus

I have similar images of various blue/violet arcs in the sky. However the best story is this... When I was commissioning this antenna for the first time I created a large orange fire ball in the sky. The story starts innocent enough with me in the shack sending dits... I noticed that my HF rig was going nuts with noise and an odd orange glow appeared in phase with my keying on the neighbours wall outside my shack window...

So being the smart guy I am I locked the key down and walked outside and to my horror there was a large ball of flame in the sky above my garage. At this point a light bulb went on in my head and I made the connection between orange glow, noise and keying...

Needless to say I RAN back to the shack and unkeyed the TX.

The problem was two // pieces of wire with insulation still on... The insulation vapourized resulting in the orange fire ball. The neighbour commented later that if I planned on doing that again would I do it in the daytime so it didn't dazzle him.

I'm sure as I push the 2KW mark I'll top that on ;-)

I'll find a spot near John and give it a go. Maybe ten minute on 5 off then switch phase...

73 Scott

----- Original Message -----

From: MarkusVester@aol.com

To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:46 PM

Subject: Re: LF: Slow BPSK Test

Hi Scott,

corona - boy there's a few stories I can tell. With my ever-too-small antenna made from a pair of 0.5 mm enameled copper wires, I have to run 15 kV rms to radiate 200 mW, and it always glows at one point or another:
http://members.aol.com/df6nm2/antenna_ursa_major.jpg

I have set up the decimated audio around John's 137577.31, so if you can get on, I guess it would be best if you joined in within +- 0.4 Hz from his QRG. I am now working on injecting a 1pps GPS reference to the second antenna input. This will (in theory) allow phase measurements if you transmitted spot on 137577.000 tonight, but bearing the risk of local QRM.

73 and good luck

Markus

In einer eMail vom 19.02.2006 23:02:36 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt sthed475@telus.net:

I'm headed out to repair the last remaining discharge point and will advise if I'll be running tonight. I could run in the wateringhole on 137778 as Steve is away from his station tonight.