Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26352 invoked from network); 17 May 1999 06:48:43 +0100 Received: from magnus.plus.net.uk (HELO magnus.force9.net) (195.166.128.27) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 17 May 1999 06:48:43 +0100 Received: (qmail 2007 invoked from network); 17 May 1999 05:51:23 -0000 Received: from punt.unica.co.uk (194.75.183.60) by magnus.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 17 May 1999 05:51:23 -0000 Received: from troy.blacksheep.org ([194.75.183.50] ident=root) by punt.unica.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.00 #2) id 10jGBm-00044z-01; Mon, 17 May 1999 06:43:46 +0100 Received: (from root@localhost) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id FAA00989 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing; Mon, 17 May 1999 05:42:14 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from post.thorcom.com (root@post.unica.co.uk [194.75.183.70]) by troy.blacksheep.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id FAA00985 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 05:42:10 GMT Received: from ns.cro.cz ([193.179.196.2] ident=qmailr) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 2.04 #3) id 10jGOm-00013q-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 17 May 1999 06:57:12 +0100 Received: (qmail 22074 invoked from network); 17 May 1999 05:41:58 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from fw.cro.cz (HELO ns-int.cro.cz) (193.179.197.2) by ns.cro.cz with SMTP; 17 May 1999 05:41:58 -0000 Received: from radiohk.hk.cro.cz (ns.hk.cro.cz [172.27.1.2]) by ns-int.cro.cz (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA09084 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 07:41:58 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pc033hk.hk.cro.cz ([172.27.1.33]) by radiohk.hk.cro.cz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id HAA13615 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 07:41:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by pc033hk.hk.cro.cz with Microsoft Mail id <01BEA038.B9E8B140@pc033hk.hk.cro.cz>; Mon, 17 May 1999 07:41:51 +-200 Message-ID: <01BEA038.B9E8B140@pc033hk.hk.cro.cz> From: "Petr Maly" To: "'137 kHz'" Subject: LF: Weekend report 16/5/99 Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 07:41:49 +-200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Hello LowFers. This weekend I proved one old truth. ANTENNA is the best amplifier. I made inverted L ant, where the vertical part was 21 m, the horizontal part is 32 m, most of horizontal part is in height 15 m above ground. Ant is stretched up to a high slope, so it is actually someting between inv L and a vertical ant. I tuned and matched this antenna with home-made variometer and some big coils. I was surprised. Signals came up few tens of dBs. Ground noise moves S-meter around S1 even during day, RTTY stn from Greece peaks S9 + 10 dB in night, DBF39 is all the time above S9 + 40dB. Now I feel no need to make any preselector, preamlifier or anything. IC-751A seems to manage theese signals. My listening was interrupted by heating in stoves and by ice hockey championship (hi...). This is the log here (reports given "by ear", not by S-meter): 15.5. 1320 136.9 DF2PQ 549 QRN, cq cq... (callsign perhaps wrong) 1645 136.8 DF2PY 589 cq cq... 1757 136.2 OZ1KMR 579 cq cq... 1950 136.8 IK5ZPV 559 QSX 1837, gave JN53KX name VALT 16.5. 0610 136.9 DF2PY 589 worked DJ5BV gave 569 op WOLF, qth nr BINGEN JN49AX 52 137.1 DJ7RD 529 cq cq... 0735 136.9 I5MXX 529 cq cq... 0811 136.7 DF2PY 569 cq cq... The strongest signal was from DF2PY. Sometimes it seemed to me that he is on 80m band, not on 2 km. For one of the next weekends I prepare even longer ant, better ATU and I try to get 136 kHz signal from my tcvr. I believe that it must be present somewhere around first mixer. Only to tap the right point to have signal for PA. 73 Petr, OK1FIG