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GREETINGS LF GROUP.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE FROM A QRN FREE SITE ON FRIDAY 5TH MARCH.

MADE SEVERAL CALLS DURING THE DAY FROM 1130 UTC , HOWEVER I WORKED MY FIRST LF STATION OF THE DAY AT 1505 UTC. HERE IS THE LIST OF STATIONS WORKED.

1505 TO 1526 G3RXH HOWARD QTH SKIPTON ( HIS 2ND LF QSO) RST 439 ME 589.

1545 TO 1550 DF3LP PETER QTH KIEL RST 429 ME 349

1556 TO 1603 DL0YE PETER QTH UNKNOWN. RST 429 ME 449

1612 TO 1617 G0UPU NO INFO RST 329 ME 569

1625 TO 1634 GW3XYW STUART QTH SWANSEA RST 559 ME 549.

THIS OPERATION WAS WELL WORTH IT AS I MADE MY FIRST, AND THEN SECOND LF/LF

CW QSO WITH GERMANY.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE WORKING FROM A QRN FREE SITE MAKES.

AFTER 1645 THE BAND GOT INCREASINGLY BAD FROM STATIC CRASHES AND I

HAD TO CLOSE DOWN OPEATIONS.

MY HOME QTH NOISE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE GOT WORSE, OVER THE WEEKEND, I

REDUCED THE SIZE OF MY ANTENNA, TO SEE IF I WAS GETTING MORE QRN FROM RUNS OF WIRE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.........HAD NO EFFECT. IN FACT I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEKEND MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO CURE THE PROBLEM, TO NO

EFFECT. THE FINAL RESULT WAS TO TAKE DOWN ALL THE LF ANTENNA SYSTEM.

I AM OFF THE AIR ON LF FROM MY HOME QTH, UNTIL I GET A COMPLETE CURE FOR THE NOISE, THE ONLY OPERATION I CAN MAKE NOW IS FROM THE QRN FREE SITE AT WORK,

THIS IS NOT EASY TO ARRANGE, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

JOHN /G4GVC HAS MADE A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT STATIONS PUTTING OUT GOOD SIGNALS BUT BEING UNABLE TO HEAR VERY WELL. I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS, AS I DEVELOPED A GOOD TRANSMIT SIGNAL BUT IN RECENT TIMES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING ON 136 KHZ. THERE IS NO POINT IN TRANSMITTING BLIND AND FOR LONG PERIODS IF ONE CAN NOT MONITOR THE BAND. OTHERWISE ONE IS IN DANGER OF SPOILING IT FOR OTHERS. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME

WHO HAS TRIED CROSSBAND WORKING TO 80M TO OVERCOME THE QRN ON 136KHZ.

I MAY IN THE PROCESS BE BLOTTING OUT AN LF QSO WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

THERE MAY BE A POINT IN HAVING LOW POWER BEACON TYPE TRANSMISSION'S ON THE BAND , PERHAPS AT THE LOWER BAND EDGE. CERTAINLY A STEADY SIGNAL

CAN BE A GREAT AID TO TUNING UP AND WORKING ON A RECEIVE SYSTEM.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE LF GROUP FOR ALL THE HELP WITH MY

QRN PROBLEM.

IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE FROM MY QRN FREE SITE NEXT FRIDAY

12TH MARCH , TIME APPROX 1100 UTC TO 1700 UTC, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ARRANGE A SKED , LET ME KNOW PLEASE.

73's FINBAR E I 0 C F