Return-Path: Received: from rly-df03.mx.aol.com (rly-df03.mail.aol.com [172.19.156.16]) by air-df08.mail.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDF082-53e49e678b7a3; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:16:04 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-df03.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDF037-53e49e678b7a3; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:15:54 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LuFFN-0007Xd-Iw for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:14:29 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LuFFN-0007XU-3q for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:14:29 +0100 Received: from mail-bw0-f171.google.com ([209.85.218.171]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LuFFL-0007EF-Cp for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:14:29 +0100 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so161590bwz.4 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:14:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=aGYbSPyJjTmcTfPELirZh0KhGdXYQviLt3KY2YprUU4=; b=PqmnQEsr0XD43CwKX67vcRtYWyMdoODjPvHE0sWscHT0JNrcu+LR5I+m/vtoq0c4Mt q20O+jZgWoIitLEmcFKxh7CmRfDhC3fkd7hF2891fzOUg+q67lx8g4e80xeScVO/lWtH DMDPcg+TU1arNeHuO1qYFLDlEz1ILjWe1bX6w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=uQjbvb4X7DmrmWf+xG7JQu5wSgoxLgKPvJ/l/eVDZli/yoC4EOl4kFS5lTpxuaKGgL PbTk5h5krjliNZ4b72H35ssLOIpzgQVJBQkM3Wf5gAOqBWjkKMVk0GUR0aqkjCr4boDe 4lV8ibviVq+pxHCO+yZiwd/IM9CYhEOgl8hcA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.49.12 with SMTP id b12mr444449muk.65.1239840861652; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:14:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:14:21 +0100 Message-ID: <88d2415e0904151714x4463007fvd41ff93c50dffbe@mail.gmail.com> From: lawrence mayhead To: rsgb DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_00_10=0.642,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: Nostalgia Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364d1fef2307780467a0f24b X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=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 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-m252.2 ; domain : googlemail.com DKIM : fail X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --0016364d1fef2307780467a0f24b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, About a year ago I became rather seriously ill (I still am actually) my antennas blew down in the gales and I was unable to fix them. So I have not been active on LF. Recently with help I fixed the antennas, and burnt the spiders out of the loading coils. Last weekend I listened and called for hours on 136/137, but nothing heard, no replies to my CQ calls. So I re-tuned to 500kHz, I called many times but again nothing heard except for G4JNT's very welcome beacon, which came in at 20 over nine, at least the equipment is working! Where has everyone gone? Have we all worked each other so often that we are bored? Have we heard all the possible DX ? Have all the weak signal techniques like Argo been developed? Do we now know so much about LF propagation that there is nothing new to be discovered? Or are we all now so old and tired that we cannot solder a few components together or string up a few bits of wire? If you are not on 136, or 500 where are you? Where has everyone gone, please let me know, perhaps I can come and join you, its certainly lonely down here on my own. 73 Laurie G3AQC --0016364d1fef2307780467a0f24b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all,
About a year ago I became rather seriously ill (I still am actual= ly) my antennas
blew down in the gales and I was unable to fix them. So I= have not been active on LF.
Recently with help I fixed the antennas, and= burnt the spiders out of the loading coils.
Last weekend I listened and called for hours on 136/137, but nothing heard,=20= no replies
to my CQ calls. So I re-tuned to 500kHz, I called many times b= ut again nothing heard except
for G4JNT's very welcome beacon, which=20= came in at 20 over nine, at least the equipment
is working!
Where has everyone gone? Have we all worked each other so oft= en that we are bored? Have
we heard all the possible DX ? Have all the w= eak signal techniques like Argo been developed?
Do we now know so much ab= out LF propagation that there is nothing new to be discovered?
Or are we all now so old and tired that we cannot solder a few components to= gether or string
up a few bits of wire?
If you are not on 136, or 500=20= where are you? Where has everyone gone, please let
me know, perhaps I can= come and join you, its certainly lonely down here on my own.
73 Laurie
G3AQC=A0
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