Return-Path: Received: from rly-yc03.mail.aol.com (rly-yc03.mail.aol.com [172.18.205.146]) by air-yc03.mail.aol.com (v119.11) with ESMTP id MAILINYC32-1cc47020f292ea; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:28:21 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-yc03.mail.aol.com (v119.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYC310-1cc47020f292ea; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:28:10 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Ice2k-0001lM-H6 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:27:54 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Ice2k-0001lD-4u for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:27:54 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ice2g-0000GX-TE for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:27:53 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E42BDA4D9 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:27:25 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:27:25 +0100 (BST) From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV X-X-Sender: gm4slv@lurcher.twatt.local To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: X-Mailer: Pine MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: 500kHz NoV Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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=none 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: listenair ; SPF_helo : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : On Tue, 2 Oct 2007, Ken Wright wrote: > Hello all LF's > > > > Just received my NoV for 501 - 504 kHz, effective until 29th Feb 2008, is > this a common end date, as I only have 5 months. Hope to be active ASAP. > Congratulations Ken and welcome aboard! Yes the end date is 29th Feb for us all, unless (fingers, toes and everything else crossed) we can get an extension (and power increase?). You've got on just at the right time, with autumn/winter conditions starting, the nights drawing in and the window of suitable propagation increasing day by day. What are you thinking of using as TX, RX and antenna? Modes? Have you heard any signals yet on the band? You're in Luton so there should be plenty of local signals for you to hear/work. I'm a bit ore remote - up in Shetland! - so have to struggle to hear/be heard. Best of luck Please feel free to ask as many questions as you want, it's a steep learning curve down on 500, but great fun if you like getting your hands dirty and your soldering iron hot! Cheers, John GM4SLV Clousta, Shetland, IP90gg - webpages (new) showing my ramshackle setup at http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/gm4slv/500.htm