From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave@davesergeant.com>
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:14:31 +0100
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On 23 Jun 2010 at 5:34, Chris Osborn wrote:

> LF,
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> Yesterday evening=A0I was QRV on 136 / 137 kHz - =A0CW, QRSS and RTTY.
> I had no contacts and received no reports.
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> I shall be on LF again tonight from about 19.00 GMT should anyone
> care to try for a QSO or merely wish to check their receiving set up.
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> 73=20
> Chris G3XIZ
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I took a listen down on 136kHz last night Chris, using my 500kHz=20
resonant vertical and my Datong UC/1. I heard you calling CQ on CW, and=20
presumably you also on QRSS something or other a bit later. The antenna=20
of course was WAY off resonance so you were pretty weak - DCF39 was=20
only s8.

This morning I tried resonating the vertical on 136 using the old=20
'bucket' inductors I used when I was last on the band, which are still=20
in the dustbin by the vertical. The resulting 9.8mH should according to=20
my calculations have brought it to resonance on around 136, but my=20
AA200 shows no resonance only a very slight dip at 400kHz and it now=20
seems even worse with DCF39 only s7...

I shall be racking my brains over the next few days over why the theory=20
doesn't seem to work! This will be receive only, I have no plans to get=20
transmitting again as my old transverter is very much in bits nowadays.

73 Dave G3YMC

http://www.davesergeant.com