X-GM-THRID: 1244525499307182656 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.87.11 with SMTP id k11cs112424wxb; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.22.2 with SMTP id z2mr2961388ugi.1186873022960; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 31si2410344nfu.2007.08.11.15.56.58; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:57:02 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) client-ip=193.82.116.20; Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IJzqJ-00065W-Kr for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:53:59 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IJzqJ-00065M-7p for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:53:59 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IJzqI-0007ty-E6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:53:59 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45389DA4CC; Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:55:17 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:55:16 +0100 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org, Finbar Message-ID: <20070811235516.322df17e@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: References: <20070811225343.47478c36@lurcher.twatt.local> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR=0.276,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: [500]: GM4SLV - report Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR 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 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 595 On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:35:32 +0100 "Dave G3WCB" wrote: > Hi, John. > > Clear traces of your signals during your QSO with Finbar. See > attached grab. You are very slightly HF of Finbar on 502.429. > > I was able to catch one or two characters by ear as well. Make that > an RST "129", then! > > 73, Dave G3WCB IO91RM > > Dave, LF, Finbar Thanks for the screengrab and report Dave! Yes I agree I was a bit HF, I rapidly retuned from 503.? where I'd been beaconing in QRSS to ~502.5 when I heard him calling me - didn't quite net exactly! I did a bit of antenna work yesterday and seem to have improved things. I now have 11m vertical with 4 sloping top loading wires (previously only 8m vertical) and many more radials. I can get 0.9A of RF now when previously I could only get 0.6A. Added to the extra height this all adds about 4dB to my ERP - I can now actually achieve 100mW. I got the best ever report from Finbar tonight - and had a good 2 way QSO. I'm now off to bed, after a tiring afternoon running 9 miles of hilly Shetland roads followed by a session in the pub afterwards watching rugby and drinking Guinness. Cheers, John GM4SLV