Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1233; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO,HTML_50_60,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id tATN2JlM031594 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:02:19 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1a3AwA-00085s-3N for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:59:18 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1a3Aw9-00085j-IH for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:59:17 +0000 Received: from s16315160.onlinehome-server.info ([87.106.80.234] helo=mail.vigilant.es) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.86) (envelope-from ) id 1a3Av9-0005Ns-9P for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:59:16 +0000 Received: from servigilant.vigilant.local ([87.216.178.132]) by vigilant.es with MailEnable ESMTP; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:57:27 +0100 Received: from servigilant.vigilant.local ([fe80::3cdf:95f8:c1c9:3931]) by servigilant.vigilant.local ([fe80::3cdf:95f8:c1c9:3931%13]) with mapi id 14.03.0123.003; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 23:57:43 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?VIGILANT_Luis_Fern=E1ndez?= To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" Thread-Topic: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Thread-Index: AdEp+uYLacwndmH9Q2i3zxwn+RVSMwAH5HDH///3/QCAAYriTIAADWcAgAAUZLH///PUgIAAFiCF///4FoCAABTJ2Q== Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 22:57:43 +0000 Message-ID: <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2986B8@servigilant.vigilant.local> References: <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B297FB5@servigilant.vigilant.local> <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B29811E@servigilant.vigilant.local>, <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2984E1@servigilant.vigilant.local>, <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2985B2@servigilant.vigilant.local>,<264A69F3DD554992AF30B414DC560191@AGB> <579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2985CF@servigilant.vigilant.local>,<6605D603A1BF409F95B6AE8967A3BE8A@AGB> In-Reply-To: <6605D603A1BF409F95B6AE8967A3BE8A@AGB> Accept-Language: es-ES, en-US Content-Language: es-ES X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [95.17.56.239] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scan-Signature: ad6cf79d1adae7df42eb51fb55a9f4b2 Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2986B8servigilantvigi_" 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-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5454 --_000_579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2986B8servigilantvigi_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not exactly Graham The decode on my monitor is at 19:22 not at 19:20 Copy from server spots received at that time 19:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz 19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search ?? 3185 km -37 dB in NOVOROSSI= YSK 1522,2 Hz 19:20 477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27 dB F:38% in Albir 1498,5 Hz Yes, two spots from EI8JK. And also in WSPR a good one from DH5RAE at 1576K= m 2015-11-29 21:12 EA5DOM 0.475606 -29 0 IM= 98wn 0.05 DH5RAE JN68qv 1576 39 G8HUH and G3XKR joining the party with also long paths and good reports 2015-11-29 22:24 EA5DOM 0.475609 -16 0 IM= 98wn 0.05 G8HUH IO81mg 1430 352 2015-11-29 22:00 EA5DOM 0.475608 -28 0 IM= 98wn 0.05 G3XKR IO70ux 1419 348 I will add an atenuator tomorrow trying to find the antenna "limits" :-O 73 de Luis EA5DOM ________________________________ De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org]= en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk] Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 23:35 Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Ok Luis , The web-distributed spots have , 1920z for you and sv8cs ? , 19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 15= 22,2 Hz 19:20 477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27 dB F:38% in Albir 1498,5 Hz 19:20 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:14%_Ini in Albir 1518,6 Hz This just arrived 22:23 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -35 dB in Bantry, South W= est Ireland 1520.5 Hz 22:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi +0 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,3 Hz 73-G, From: VIGILANT Luis Fern=E1ndez Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 10:17 PM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Well. Looks hard to believe but from my WSPR decodes I changed the power va= lue to 0.05w in the WSPR frame when Txing 20dBm. And the first frame transmitted was 2015-11-29 19:12 EA5DOM 0.475607 +5 0 IM= 98wn 0.05 EA5DOM-1 IM98xn 7 90 Then from 19:14 to 19:22 the Opera8 frame at 20dBm took place. That matchs = with my own decode 19:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz So R6LDD decoded Deep Search 2 minutes earlier than expected or may be he h= as not a synchronized PC clock May be even he could not get the full frame. No fade info in the spot. But = he spotted before my own spot !! 19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search ?? 3185 km -37 dB in NOVOROSSI= YSK 1522,2 Hz Unfortunately R6LDD went QRT and is actually not QRV. Very interesting spot= and would worth to get more than one :-) 73 de Luis EA5DOM ________________________________ De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org]= en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk] Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 22:44 Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Ok,Luis , this was 5 watts ? 19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 15= 22,2 Hz This 20 dBm ? 19:47 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, South W= est Ireland 1520.5 Hz 73-G, From: VIGILANT Luis Fern=E1ndez Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 9:30 PM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment That was the last QRO transmission with 5W Graham Txing at 20dBm since 19:22 utc Reports on my monitor from -1 to 0dB So far not monitors in Opera at less than 1000Km 73 de Luis EA5DOM ________________________________ De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fz= k.fsnet.co.uk] Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 22:14 Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Luis , Are these qro or qrp ? 73-G, 19:11 477 EA5DOM de G0NBD Op8 Deep Search 1037 mi -36 dB in WALLASEY 1520.0= Hz 19:11 477 EA5DOM de EB5EA Op8 Deep Search 71 mi -34 dB in IM99tn Moncada-Va= lencia 1522,7 Hz 19:10 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 1014 mi -32 dB F:14% in Bantry, South West Ir= eland 1520.5 Hz 19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 15= 22,2 Hz 19:47 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, South W= est Ireland 1520.5 Hz 19:46 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz From: VIGILANT Luis Fern=E1ndez Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 7:30 PM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Hi Graham, MF Good idea. Let's see where is the imit I have just connected the U3 directly to antenna. Have not measured power y= et but may be under 500mW I'm not using the 3xBS170 but a mosfet driver instead, ICL7667 if I can rec= all correctly Spots in WSPR dropped to just the EA monitors 73 de Luis EA5DOM ________________________________ De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fz= k.fsnet.co.uk] Enviado: s=E1bado, 28 de noviembre de 2015 21:53 Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Hi Luis Nice going for 5 watts, but -8 dB with 75 % of the signal recovere= d , your nearly +30 over the limit .. can you drop the power down by = 20 dB ? say 50 mW ?? 73-G, 20:46 477 EA5DOM de G3XKR Op8 -8 dB F:24% in BIDEFORD Devon 20:34 477 EA5DOM Op8 1520.0 Hz -28 dB |---------- - -- | Fade: 15% 20:23 477 EA5DOM Op8 Deep Search -35 dB 1520.0 Hz 20:22 477 SO5AS Op8 1496.1 Hz -27 dB |------------| Fade: 3% 20:10 477 EA5DOM Op8 1519.8 Hz -29 dB |---------- | Fade: 7% From: VIGILANT Luis Fern=E1ndez Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:22 PM To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment Hi MF Back home ! Antenna is up again and I' transmitting with only 5W from a small PA I will take the opportunity to install the 100W PA in the terrace, as origi= nally planned Txing WSPR and Opera8 every 12 minutes 73 de Luis EA5DOM --_000_579355A36AEE9D4FA555C45D556003AB1B2986B8servigilantvigi_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Not exactly Graham

The decode on my monitor is at 19:22 not at 19:20
Copy from server spots received at that time

19:22    477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1 dB F:1%_End in Alb= ir 1519,0 Hz
19:21    477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search ?? 3185 km -37 = dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 1522,2 Hz
19:20    477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27 dB F:38% in Albir 1498,= 5 Hz

Yes, two spots from EI8JK. And also in WSPR a good one from DH5RAE at = 1576Km

2015-11-29 21:12   EA5DOM   0.475606   -29   0   IM98wn   0.05   DH5RAE   JN68qv   1576   39

G8HUH and G3XKR joining the party with also long paths and good report= s

 2015-11-29 22:24   EA5DOM   0.475609   -16   0   IM98wn   0.05   G8HUH   IO81mg   1430   352 
 2015-11-29 22:00   EA5DOM   0.475608   -28   0   IM98wn   0.05   G3XKR   IO70ux   1419   348

I will add an atenuator tomorrow trying to find the antenna "limi= ts"  :-O

73 de Luis
EA5DOM
De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [o= wner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.c= o.uk]
Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 23:35
Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Ok Luis ,
 
The  web-distributed  spots  have , 1920z  for&nbs= p; you  and  sv8cs ? ,
 

19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK= 1522,2 Hz

19:20 477 SV8CS de EA5DOM Op8 -27 dB F:38% in Albir 1498,5 Hz

19:20 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:14%_Ini in Albir 1518,6 Hz

This  just  arrived 

22:23 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -35 dB in Bantry, Sout= h West Ireland 1520.5 Hz

22:22 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi +0 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,3 H= z

73-G,

Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Well. Looks hard to believe but from my WSPR decodes I changed the pow= er value to 0.05w
in the WSPR frame when Txing 20dBm. And the first frame transmitted wa= s

2015-11-29 19:12   EA5DOM   0.475607   +5   0   IM98wn   0.05   EA5DOM-1   IM98xn   7   90

Then from 19:14 to 19:22 the Opera8 frame at 20dBm took place. That ma= tchs with my own decode

19:22    477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 7 km -1 dB F:1%_End in Alb= ir 1519,0 Hz

So R6LDD decoded Deep Search 2 minutes earlier than expected or may be= he has not a synchronized PC clock
May be even he could not get the full frame. No fade info in the spot.= But he spotted before my own spot !!

19:21    477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search ?? 3185 km -37 = dB in NOVOROSSIYSK 1522,2 Hz

Unfortunately R6LDD went QRT and is actually not QRV. Very interesting= spot and would worth to
get more than one :-)

73 de Luis
EA5DOM
De: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [own= er-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.= uk]
Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 22:44
Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Ok,Luis , 

 this was   5  watts  ?

19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK= 1522,2 Hz

This  20 dBm  ?

19:47 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, Sout= h West Ireland 1520.5 Hz

73-G,


Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

That was the last QRO transmission with 5W Graham

Txing at 20dBm since 19:22 utc
Reports on my monitor from -1 to 0dB

So far not monitors in Opera at less than 1000Km

73 de Luis
EA5DOM
De: own= er-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en= nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk]
Enviado: domingo, 29 de noviembre de 2015 22:14
Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Luis ,
 
Are these   qro or  qrp   ?
 
73-G,

19:11 477 EA5DOM de G0NBD Op8 Deep Search 1037 mi -36 dB in WALLASEY 152= 0.0 Hz

19:11 477 EA5DOM de EB5EA Op8 Deep Search 71 mi -34 dB in IM99tn Moncada= -Valencia 1522,7 Hz

19:10 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 1014 mi -32 dB F:14% in Bantry, South West= Ireland 1520.5 Hz

19:21 477 EA5DOM de R6LDD Op8 Deep Search 1979 mi -37 dB in NOVOROSSIYSK= 1522,2 Hz

19:47 477 EA5DOM de EI8JK Op8 Deep Search 1014 mi -36 dB in Bantry, Sout= h West Ireland 1520.5 Hz

19:46 477 EA5DOM de EA5DOM Op8 0 mi -1 dB F:1%_End in Albir 1519,0 Hz

 
 

Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Hi Graham, MF

Good idea. Let's see where is the imit

I have just connected the U3 directly to antenna. Have not measured po= wer yet but may be under 500mW
I'm not using the 3xBS170 but a mosfet driver instead, ICL7667 if I ca= n recall correctly

Spots in WSPR dropped to just the EA monitors

73 de Luis 
EA5DOM
De: own= er-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org [owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] en= nombre de Graham [g8fzk@g8fzk.fsnet.co.uk]
Enviado: s=E1bado, 28 de noviembre de 2015 21:53
Para: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Asunto: Re: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Hi Luis
 
Nice going  for  5  watts,  but  -8 dB  = with  75 % of the  signal  recovered ,  your  near= ly  +30 over the  limit .. can you drop the  power down = by  20 dB ?  say 50 mW ??
 
73-G,
 

20:46 477 EA5DOM de G3XKR Op8 -8 dB F:24% in BIDEFORD Devon

20:34 477 EA5DOM Op8 1520.0 Hz -28 dB |---------- - -- | Fade: 15%

20:23 477 EA5DOM Op8 Deep Search -35 dB 1520.0 Hz

20:22 477 SO5AS Op8 1496.1 Hz -27 dB |------------| Fade: 3%

20:10 477 EA5DOM Op8 1519.8 Hz -29 dB |---------- | Fade: 7%

 

Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 8:22 PM
Subject: LF: EA5DOM back to MF, but QRP at the moment

Hi MF

Back home !

Antenna is up again and I' transmitting with only 5W from a small PA

I will take the opportunity to install the 100W PA in the terrace, as = originally planned

Txing WSPR and Opera8 every 12 minutes

73 de Luis
EA5DOM
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