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From: "hamilton mal" <g3kev.ham@virgin.net>
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Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 08:14:53 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: T/A QSO with VO1NA
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----- Original Message -----
From: <riese-k3djc@juno.com>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: LF: T/A QSO with VO1NA


>
> Actually the time the LF band has been avaible and serious TA work
> we have been into a high sun spot cycle. As this is going down toward the
> next peak in 8/9 year I would think that propagation should improve
>
> perhaps Mal will realize the goal of TA, manual CW .
> I hope the FCC will realize their mistake by then

Hi Bob

Some think that propogation on LF ends during the summer, and this is
incorrect.
I have worked some good long haul DX on 160 metres during the summer time
and I am sure the same applies to 136 khz.
During summer the QRN seems to be a problem for some and they give up.
I am looking for normal CW qso's across the Atlantic having worked several
of the QRS variety to both the USA and Canada, xband with my signal on
135.922 khz and the other end on 7025 khz. I did work John/ VE1ZJ at QRS2
which is almost normal cw with solid copy. I was on 135.922 khz and John on
7025 khz, he was not set up at the time to RX normal aural cw otherwise it
would have been possible, and he was unable to TX on 136 otherwise a normal
CW qso could have taken place a long time ago.
My best CW qso to date was G3KEV/RN6BN 579/539 on 137 khz at 2139
utc/04/05/2003, solid copy throughout the qso at nearly 3000 K/metres. His
signal is always audible with me and this qso could easily be repeated.
73 de Mal/G3KEV/IO94SH/Scarborough/England

>
> HAR
>
> Bob  K3DJC
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:53:34 -0500 Mitch Powell
> <mitch.powell@sympatico.ca> writes:
> >
> > To both of you -
> >  Congratulations!
> > Great achievement - can we assume the success may be due to either
> > (1) energy beginning to converge towards Stonehenge on the 21st, or
> > (2) Joe is hooked in and using the TransAtlantic undersea cable as
> > a
> > counterpoise ?
> >
> >  Please let us know transmitting schedule, so we can listen in from
> > the
> > "back end".
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Mitch VE3OT
> >
> >
> >
> >
>