Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mh10.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mh10.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.222]) by air-me08.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINME083-8bbe4c88b6eb24d; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:28:59 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-mh10.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 297753800055A; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:28:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OteLf-00019v-6B for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:27:19 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OteLe-00019m-82 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:27:18 +0100 Received: from qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.17]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OteLZ-0005s7-8G for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:27:19 +0100 Received: from omta17.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.89]) by qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4Zrb1f0011vXlb85AaT6X7; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:27:06 +0000 Received: from JAYDELL ([76.23.233.102]) by omta17.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4aT61f0022DDHkk3daT6fi; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:27:06 +0000 Message-ID: <006101cb5009$8ca2ac30$8d01a8c0@JAYDELL> From: To: References: <4C86A8C8.506@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 06:27:05 -0400 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: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55 Subject: Re: LF: DK7FC.. on air_TNX! Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005D_01CB4FE8.054BECE0" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME 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-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60de4c88b6e93c41 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01CB4FE8.054BECE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Stephan Glad to receive your signal! The capture was made in QRSS60. While I don't have a s/n measurement,= It=20 would have been an easy QRSS30 reception and a bit more difficult at= QRSS10.=20 Recption condx here are still with much QRN. In mid winter that would= have=20 been easy QRSS10 and possibly even usable QRSS3. Missed the description of your TX setup. Any info would be appreciated= . Jay W1VD WD2XNS WE2XGR/2 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Stefan Sch=E4fer To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 5:04 PM Subject: Re: LF: DK7FC.. on air_TNX! Dear LF, I am back in Germany, after a very fine und friendly weekend in Fran= ce. First i want to thank all those for the support, the activity and th= e=20 reports here in the reflector. Special thanks to Markus/DF6NM for QSP= to the=20 reflector. As you have heared, there were not many hours with good winds conds= but=20 for camping and barbecue and getting brown it was excellent :-) The wi= nd=20 came out of NE which is usually weak and unstable. But i have taken my= =20 receiving loop antenna there and have clearly received DF6NM, OE5ODL,= F4DTL,=20 SM6BHZ (JO67WQ copied!), F6BWO, DK6NI (maybe someone forgotten, sri).= Tnx to=20 those stations for the activity which impressed many people who have= been=20 demonstrated real LF activity in live, the first time! Some screenshot= s are=20 attached. The slow hell transmission of DF6NM was vy impressive to the= =20 visitors. Tnx for the RX reports to G3WCB, F4DTL, W1VD, RA3YO, DF6NM, DD7PC,= DJ1ZB,=20 F5VLF, G4AYT, PA3CPM, F1AFJ, PA3FNY! Tnx for QSO to DF6NM and F4DTL. Sadly there was no time for CW since= the=20 kite took all of my attention. There was no chance to get the kite into the air, even the 8.1m^2 ki= te=20 stayed on the bottom. But on saturday night arround 23 UTC the wind=20 increased and lifted the kite into the air until i went to bed/tent at= 6:30=20 AM local time. On sunday morning it was up for some minutes just, sadl= y...=20 It was not a strong wind but mostly stable, so the angle of the antenn= a was=20 just about 45 deg. There were many hedges and some metallic towers nea= r the=20 antenna which made it a little dangerous to operate this antenna near= =20 (thinking about loosing the kite and destroying the antennas). Additio= nally=20 there was high grass which made a capacitive coupling to ground (by my= broad=20 aluminium and copper plates) difficult. Even by using all the metallc= stuff=20 arround as the ground (included the mains earth), the overall loss=20 restistance remained at about 50 Ohm, which made TX coupling easy of= course=20 but not the efficiency. But i have had a mains connection, so no need= for a=20 generator and so on. I am happy about my new ODX to W1VD, which is 5907 km from there. Ja= y, do=20 you have further informations for me, such as the S/N? Would it have= been=20 possible in QRSS-10 or QRSS-3? The signal looks quite fine, except my= =20 unstable carrier (always a problem in a heatet car when opening the do= or=20 several times, even with the DDS VFO). The distance to LU8YD is 12150 km. Sadly there was no reception this= time.=20 But i want to give it a try again in a not so lossy location and at be= tter=20 wind conds. All in all it was very satisfactory :-) So, hpe cuagn in my next activity which will be in this month i thin= k :-) 73, Stefan/DK7FC PS: The RX signals seem to have successfully passed my fiber optic= cable=20 link!;-) Am 05.09.2010 14:38, schrieb Dave G3WCB: Massive signal here - about the same strenght as Mike G3XDV who is= =20 relatively local to me. 73, Dave G3WCB IO91RM nr Windsor S.E. England -----Original Message----- From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org]On Behalf Of F4DTL@aol.com Sent: 05 September 2010 12:42 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: DK7FC.. on air F/DK7FC calling now on 137,720 kHz QRSS3. F4DTL JN18FP Dans un e-mail dat=E9 du 05/09/2010 01:16:56 Paris, Madrid (heur= e=20 d'=E9t=E9), markusvester@aol.com a =E9crit : Latest news from F/DK7FC: The wind has now picked up. After a= short=20 QSO with F4DTL, he is currently optimizing the setup a bit, and hopes= for=20 more QSO's during the rest of the night. Before sunrise between 4:30 and 5:30 UT, he will beacon to Arg= entina=20 and America on 137.775 kHz. Best of luck, Markus (DF6NM) ------=_NextPart_000_005D_01CB4FE8.054BECE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Stephan
 
Glad to receive your signal!
 
The capture was made in QRSS60. = While I don't=20 have a s/n measurement, It would have been an easy QRSS30 reception an= d a bit=20 more difficult at QRSS10. Recption condx here are still with much QRN.=  In=20 mid winter that would have been easy QRSS10 and possibly even usable= =20 QRSS3.
 
Missed the description of your TX set= up. Any=20 info would be appreciated.
 
Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2<= /FONT>
  
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 07,= 2010 5:04=20 PM
Subject: Re: LF: DK7FC.. on= =20 air_TNX!

Dear LF,

I am back in Germany, after a very fi= ne und=20 friendly weekend in France.

First i want to thank all those= for the=20 support, the activity and the reports here in the reflector. Special= thanks to=20 Markus/DF6NM for QSP to the reflector.

As you have heared,= there were=20 not many hours with good winds conds but for camping and barbecue an= d getting=20 brown it was excellent :-) The wind came out of NE which is usually= weak and=20 unstable. But i have taken my receiving loop antenna there and have= clearly=20 received DF6NM, OE5ODL, F4DTL, SM6BHZ (JO67WQ copied!), F6BWO, DK6NI= (maybe=20 someone forgotten, sri). Tnx to those stations for the activity whic= h=20 impressed many people who have been demonstrated real LF activity in= live, the=20 first time! Some screenshots are attached. The slow hell transmissio= n of DF6NM=20 was vy impressive to the visitors.

Tnx for the RX reports to= G3WCB,=20 F4DTL, W1VD, RA3YO, DF6NM, DD7PC, DJ1ZB, F5VLF, G4AYT, PA3CPM, F1AFJ= ,=20 PA3FNY!
Tnx for QSO to DF6NM and F4DTL. Sadly there was no time= for CW=20 since the kite took all of my attention.

There was no chance= to get the=20 kite into the air, even the 8.1m^2 kite stayed on the bottom. But on= saturday=20 night arround 23 UTC the wind increased and lifted the kite into the= air until=20 i went to bed/tent at 6:30 AM local time. On sunday morning it was= up for some=20 minutes just, sadly... It was not a strong wind but mostly stable,= so the=20 angle of the antenna was just about 45 deg. There were many hedges= and some=20 metallic towers near the antenna which made it a little dangerous to= operate=20 this antenna near (thinking about loosing the kite and destroying th= e=20 antennas). Additionally there was high grass which made a capacitive= coupling=20 to ground (by my broad aluminium and copper plates) difficult. Even= by using=20 all the metallc stuff arround as the ground (included the mains eart= h), the=20 overall loss restistance remained at about 50 Ohm, which made TX cou= pling easy=20 of course but not the efficiency. But i have had a mains connection,= so no=20 need for a generator and so on.

I am happy about my new ODX= to W1VD,=20 which is 5907 km from there. Jay, do you have further informatio= ns for me,=20 such as the S/N? Would it have been possible in QRSS-10 or QRSS-3?= The signal=20 looks quite fine, except my unstable carrier (always a problem in a= heatet car=20 when opening the door several times, even with the DDS VFO).

= The=20 distance to LU8YD is 12150 km. Sadly there was no reception this tim= e. But i=20 want to give it a try again in a not so lossy location and at better= wind=20 conds.

All in all it was very satisfactory :-)

So, hpe= cuagn in=20 my next activity which will be in this month i think :-)

73,= =20 Stefan/DK7FC

PS: The RX signals seem to have successfully pas= sed my=20 fiber optic cable link!;-)


Am 05.09.2010 14:38, schrieb= Dave G3WCB:=20
Massive signal here - about= the same=20 strenght as Mike G3XDV who is relatively local to me.
 
73, Dave G3WCB IO91RM nr Win= dsor S.E.=20 England
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org= =20 [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org= ]On=20 Behalf Of F4DTL@aol.com
Sent: 05 Septemb= er=20 2010 12:42
To: rsgb_lf_group@blac= ksheep.org
Subject:=20 Re: LF: DK7FC.. on air

F/DK7FC calling now= on 137,720 kHz=20 QRSS3.
 
F4DTL=20 JN18FP
 
 
Dans un e-mail dat=E9= du 05/09/2010=20 01:16:56 Paris, Madrid (heure d'=E9t=E9), markusveste= r@aol.com a =E9crit=20 :
Latest news from F/DK7FC: The wind has= now picked=20 up. After a short QSO with F4DTL, he is currently optimizing= the setup a=20 bit, and hopes for more QSO's during the rest of the night.
 
Before sunrise between 4:30 and 5:30= UT, he=20 will beacon to Argentina and America on 137.775 kHz.
 
Best of luck,
Markus=20 (DF6NM)
 
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