Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dg04.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dg04.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.12]) by air-de04.mail.aol.com (v129.10) with ESMTP id MAILINDE044-5eb14dbd9aeb35a; Sun, 01 May 2011 13:39:55 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-dg04.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id C337838000092; Sun, 1 May 2011 13:39:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1QGabm-0003UW-Mh for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 18:39:02 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1QGabm-0003UN-Ay for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 18:39:02 +0100 Received: from defout.telus.net ([204.209.205.30]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QGabk-0003jw-HF for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 01 May 2011 18:39:02 +0100 Received: from edmwcm04 ([204.209.205.13]) by priv-edmwes50.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.8.01.03.00 201-2260-125-20100507) with ESMTP id <20110501173858.TLXB8015.priv-edmwes50.telusplanet.net@edmwcm04> for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 11:38:58 -0600 Received: from [192.168.1.115] ([75.157.142.115]) by edmwcm04 with bizsmtp id eHex1g00d2Vbb3f01HexyW; Sun, 01 May 2011 11:38:58 -0600 X-Telus-Outbound-IP: 75.157.142.115 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=nbt1BMTj1/Nk0uv6CIAGGYIde9KcQ/VccAHgvMLwhrM= c=1 sm=2 a=PFWxWM63tqYA:10 a=G5jv8yYaZjoA:10 a=LGgl8L9ij00A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=aBiYBaoqLeer1S-GBqEA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 Message-ID: <4DBD9AB1.1000201@telus.net> Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 10:38:57 -0700 From: Scott Tilley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org, "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD=1.426 Subject: LF: Continued VE7TIL LF grabber outage... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS 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 x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d410c4dbd9ae963b1 X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hi All The VE7TIL 2200m grabber will remain off for another week or so. This is do to a hardware failure in a wide band amplifier in the the DDS system. I'm waiting for some replacement parts as my efforts to make repairs with parts on hand were less than satisfactory. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused users. However, by the grabber returns to operation it will be augmented by a new VLF grabber page. I just finished installing the loop in the garden and it is working wonderfully. I spent the evening last night listening to tweeks/atmospherics and comparing my results on the VLF transmissions with that of Laurence KL7UK in AK... Work on preparing a 8970 test transmission into my LF loop continues and I expect to have the time to perform QRP tests later in May. Earth mode testing continues and so far best DX has been about 10km. Interestingly, the best path seems to be along the shore of ocean here. Inland propagation over the poor rocky ground here does not penetrate very far. 73 Scott VE7TIL