Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27415 invoked from network); 11 Oct 1999 12:05:35 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 11 Oct 1999 12:05:35 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11ad6C-0000gv-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:54:36 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] ident=root) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11ad6B-0000gp-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:54:35 +0100 Received: from central.zetnet.co.uk (central.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.20]) by irwell.zetnet.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with SMTP id LAA16676 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:54:32 +0100 X-ZSender: g3ldo@zetnet.co.uk X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <1999101112073568199@zetnet.co.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 12:07:35 +0100 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org From: "Peter Dodd" X-Mailer: ZIMACS Version 1.20c 10000836 Subject: LF: Re Convention & 73kHz Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit It was good to meet all the LF'ers at the HF Convention. I found Andre's talk and slide display on the activity in the USA very interesting. I find the display of equipment at the LF station inspiring - I paricularly liked the remote controlled variometer with the Leggo motor and gear drive mechanism. On Sunday I fired up the transmitter on 136kHz at around 0715 local only to find the remote control keying was still faulty (it has never been the same since it got caught up with the electric hedge cutter a couple of months ago). Transferred to local control in the garden shed. At around 0800 fired up on 71.68kHz and then went back to receive using the old R4-C. Heard G0M?? - I was expecting GB4RS. I tried another call and received a telephone message from Dave that I was being received by the Convention station. I conected up the D2155 level meter and received G0MRF 10dBm above the noise at 20Hz selectivity. We exchanged reports at 549 both ways. Toward the end of the QSO went back to the R4-C and copied G0MRF qute clearly above the noise at 250Hz selectivity. -- Regards, Peter, G3LDO