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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Chris All the CW operators that used to be active on LF have long gone to other bands. All equipment and antennas have been dismantled, this likewise applies to my LF installation. This is the feedback that I have been getting in recent years. There was over 30 countries active on 136 cw some years back, now all gone and probably never will come back. also any stragglers left are too thinly spread across the 9 Khz - 137 Khz spectrum mostly on Beacon/Broadcast mode using data and web reporting. The MF band is shaping up with quite a lot of CW QSO'S taking place around EU and beyond The HF bands are also in great shape at present with 10 metres wide open world wide, lots of cw and ssb, which are still the most common modes where all can join in including SWL'S 73 De Mal/G3KEV [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message X-Scan-Signature: d2a449809c9c1ff1983612d049372878 Subject: Re: LF: LF tonite Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01CF3F64.BB763740" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.8 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK,HTML_50_60, HTML_MESSAGE 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 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CF3F64.BB763740 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris All the CW operators that used to be active on LF have long gone to = other bands. All equipment and antennas have been dismantled, this = likewise applies to my LF installation. This is the feedback that I have = been getting in recent years. There was over 30 countries active on 136 = cw some years back, now all gone and probably never will come back. also any stragglers left are too thinly spread across the 9 Khz - 137 Khz = spectrum mostly on Beacon/Broadcast mode using data and web reporting.=20 The MF band is shaping up with quite a lot of CW QSO'S taking place = around EU and beyond The HF bands are also in great shape at present with 10 metres wide open = world wide, lots of cw and ssb, which are still the most common modes = where all can join in including SWL'S 73 De Mal/G3KEV ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Chris Osborn=20 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org=20 Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 5:51 AM Subject: Re: LF: LF tonite LF, Yes, the LF band appears dead as far as real QSO's are concerned. Following Dave G3YXM's RadCom article on LF / MF I beaconed and called = CQ on 137.7 kHz extensively for consecutive weekends. My signals are not huge but have a range of several hundred km judging = from the various grabbers' displays. Apart from one CW QSO with Dave on 136.5 kHz I had no other report or = reply! LF operators are spread far too thinly and unless one makes a sked or = advertises well in advance then the chances of a QSO are very slim. In the good old days the time for calling / QSO's used to be 'on the = hour'. It's now probably time to have specific 'day and hour' periods each = month for LF activity. If we knew that say the second Sunday in each month at 10.00Z would be = activity time then maybe a few more ops would dust the cobwebs from = their rusty LF rigs. 73 Chris G3XIZ On Friday, 14 March 2014, 1:03, Stefan Sch=E4fer = wrote: LF! There's not much activity these days on 137 kHz. I thought i spend the = night in good old QRSS-60 on 136.172 kHz. 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Chris
All the CW operators that used to = be active on=20 LF have long gone to other bands. All equipment and antennas have been=20 dismantled, this likewise applies to my LF installation. This = is the=20 feedback that I have been getting in recent years. There was over 30 = countries=20 active on 136 cw some years back, now all gone and probably never will = come=20 back.
also
any stragglers left are too thinly = spread across=20 the 9 Khz - 137 Khz spectrum mostly on Beacon/Broadcast mode using data = and web=20 reporting.
The MF band is shaping up with quite a = lot of CW=20 QSO'S taking place around EU and beyond
The HF bands are also in great shape at = present=20 with 10 metres wide open world wide, lots of cw and ssb, which are = still=20 the most common modes where all can join in including SWL'S
73 De Mal/G3KEV
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Chris = Osborn=20
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 = 5:51=20 AM
Subject: Re: LF: LF = tonite

LF,

Yes,=20 the LF band appears dead as far as real QSO's are = concerned.
Following=20 Dave G3YXM's RadCom article on LF / MF I beaconed and called CQ on = 137.7 kHz=20 extensively for consecutive weekends. My=20 signals are not huge but have a range of several hundred km judging = from the=20 various grabbers' displays. Apart=20 from one CW QSO with Dave on 136.5 kHz I had no other report or=20 reply!
LF=20 operators are spread far too thinly and unless one makes a sked or = advertises=20 well in advance then the chances of a QSO are very slim.
In=20 the good old days the time for calling / QSO's used to be 'on the=20 hour'. It's=20 now probably time to have specific  'day and hour' periods each = month for=20 LF activity. If=20 we knew that say the second Sunday in each month at 10.00Z would be = activity=20 time then maybe a few more ops would dust the cobwebs from their rusty = LF=20 rigs.
73 Chris=20 G3XIZ


On Friday, 14 March 2014, = 1:03, Stefan=20 Sch=E4fer <schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de> = wrote:
LF!

There's not much activity = these days on=20 137 kHz. I thought i spend the
night in good old QRSS-60 on = 136.172=20 kHz.

Reports welcome :-)

73,=20 = Stefan/DK7FC



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