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From: "James Moritz" <j.r.moritz@herts.ac.uk>
Organization: University of Hertfordshire
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:27:37 +0000
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Subject: LF: Thursday night conditions - DL1SAN's ANT
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Dear LF Group,
	Was very pleased to work EI0CF and SM6PXJ on 136kHz 
normal CW last night, both for the first time.

The fading on signals on the band was very noticeable - Finbar 
started off as 439 and was 559 by the end of the QSO. Christer's 
signal was the other way round - starting at 549 and almost 
disappearing at the end of the QSO. I have tried to work both 
Finbar and Christer on several occasions before, but with no 
success, so it seems these 'rapid fading' conditions are good for 
me, anyway.

I am still running 100W into an inverted L at about 8m average 
height - but in spite of this, and somewhat sporadic operating, I 
have been able to work about 30 different stations in 8 countries 
since last December. I would encourage anyone who likes the idea 
of 136kHz operation, but who is put off by not having a huge 
antenna or transmitter, to have a go anyway - you can still have an 
interesting time with quite modest means.

Interesting to see how DL1SAN's inverted V antenna works out - I 
presume he intends to tune it up as a short dipole - It would be very 
interesting if he could also try it as a top-loaded vertical, for 
comparison. That should add some fuel to the low angle versus 
high angle debate. If Wolf tunes it up as a dipole, he will certainly 
need a well insulated feeder!

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU