Return-Path: Received: from rly-md10.mx.aol.com (rly-md10.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.148]) by air-md07.mail.aol.com (v119.11) with ESMTP id MAILINMD071-92f470216483dd; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:58:47 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md10.mx.aol.com (v119.11) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD107-92f470216483dd; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:58:34 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IceW8-00024q-5U for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:58:16 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IceW7-00024h-Jy for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:58:15 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IceW5-0000Y9-5h for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:58:15 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A599DA4DA for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:58:07 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:58:07 +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-Spam-Score: 0.3 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=0.041,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 : Hello again Ken, That sounds promising indeed. We're only 580 miles apart - easy DX! What is your local noise level like. I'm finding that many stations in urban areas are greatly hampered by electronic hash which masks the weak CW signals we're restricted to. I presume you intend to operate CW? There is a bit of RTTY/PSK31 and QRSS-3 on the band too. I have a "grabber" running which gives a waterfall display of the band from 500 - 505.512kHz - enough for our allocation and the area occupied by the German, Swedish and Czech beacons. I wonder if you've heard or seen DI2AM at 505.2-ish? It is in QRSS-3 mode, with a real CW ident at regular intervals. look at http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/gm4slv_speclab.jpg - manually refresh the page every 5 minutes ( I must get round to putting the grabber pic in a real page that automatically refreshes!) At present there is a CW beacon on 501.316 kHz from Finbar GI4DPE, although in the daytime you might struggle to hear/see it. It's looking good on my grabber though. I'm sure others nearby will be along to give you more help and to arrange skeds. Our NoV end date is now only 5 months away, and it will be the best 5 months propagation wise of the year. We need to get on and rattle those keys! All the best, John GM4SLV http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/gm4slv/500expt.htm