Return-Path: <owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Received: from rly-md09.mx.aol.com (rly-md09.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.147]) by air-md08.mail.aol.com (v121_r2.12) with ESMTP id MAILINMD084-92348c10ed18d; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:50:17 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md09.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD093-92348c10ed18d; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:49:56 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1KbYsK-0007Yy-CR for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:49:12 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1KbYsJ-0007Yp-Q6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:49:11 +0100 Received: from smtp-out-2.talktalk.net ([62.24.128.232] helo=smtp.talktalk.net) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>) id 1KbYsG-0002Km-3z for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:49:11 +0100 X-Path: TTSMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AtoFAIGrwEhOkGqZ/2dsb2JhbACCNi6BZ4VoBqx2gWU Received: from unknown (HELO mal769a60aa920) ([78.144.106.153]) by smtp.talktalk.net with SMTP; 05 Sep 2008 11:49:00 +0100 Message-ID: <001d01c90f45$037db5a0$0301a8c0@mal769a60aa920> From: "mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> To: "rsgb" <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:49:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: MF/LF QSO Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001A_01C90F4D.64FCD740" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: 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-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: domain : post.thorcom.com ; SPF_helo = n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: domain : talktalk.net ; SPF_822_from = n ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C90F4D.64FCD740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Most of the time that I call CQ on MF/LF I get a reply, especially when usin= g QSX and specified HF frequencies. Other times I get reports via private em= ails.=20 I have never found it necessary to use the so called grabbers. I did look re= cently at two grabbers and saw nothing, when in fact there were strong signa= ls on 500 khz from DL, SM and GI. One grabber operator explained to me in an= email that the antenna in use was small and only worked after dark. Surely a realtime QSO is preferred and one never knows what DX might show up= expecially working XBAND. g3kev ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C90F4D.64FCD740 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2180" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Most of the time that I call CQ on=20 MF/LF I get a reply, especially when using QSX and specified HF=20 frequencies. Other times I get reports via private=20 emails. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have never found it necessary to use the=20= so=20 called grabbers. I did look recently at two grabbers and saw nothing,=20 when in fact there were strong signals on 500 khz from DL, SM and GI. O= ne=20 grabber operator explained to me in an email that the antenna in use was=20 small and only worked after dark.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Surely a realtime QSO is preferred and one=20= never=20 knows what DX might show up expecially working XBAND.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>g3kev</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001A_01C90F4D.64FCD740--