Return-Path: Received: (qmail 98535 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 14:43:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan03.plus.net) (212.159.14.237) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 14:43:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 92932 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 14:43:08 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore03.plus.net (212.159.14.217) by ptb-mxscan03.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 14:43:05 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Aexqp-000NjL-Pf for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:43:04 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Aexot-0000Ii-Pz for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:41:03 +0000 Received: from [134.153.232.16] (helo=cupids.ucs.mun.ca) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Aexor-0000IZ-K8 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 14:41:01 +0000 Received: from plato.ucs.mun.ca (root@plato.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.2.151]) by cupids.ucs.mun.ca (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i09Eet6w072856; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:10:56 -0330 (NST) (envelope-from jcraig@morgan.ucs.mun.ca) Received: from plato.ucs.mun.ca (jcraig@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plato.ucs.mun.ca (8.12.3p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i09EesR1010219; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:10:54 -0330 (NST) Received: (from jcraig@localhost) by plato.ucs.mun.ca (8.12.3p2/8.12.1/Submit) id i09EesDT016900; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:10:54 -0330 (NST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:10:54 -0330 (NST) From: "Joe Craig" X-X-Sender: jcraig@plato.ucs.mun.ca To: "John Andrews" Cc: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org In-reply-to: <000b01c3d6b0$4e3218c0$0500a8c0@charter.net> Message-ID: References: <3FFDD87C.F0EF0309@att.net> <3FFDDE47.C1107691@att.net> <006901c3d641$b90d70f0$1f00a8c0@dellboy> <005f01c3d659$8a589380$0500a8c0@charter.net> <000d01c3d689$77e9a3d0$1f00a8c0@dellboy> <000401c3d6a9$073c1120$0500a8c0@charter.net> <002101c3d6ad$d7079330$1f00a8c0@dellboy> <000b01c3d6b0$4e3218c0$0500a8c0@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: LF: 183 kHz BC Q5 in NC at sunset! Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 John, What do you think are the odds of CW between here and Holden (about 1000 miles)? I've been toying with the idea a bit. Joe VO1NA On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, John Andrews wrote: > Dave, > > > Given that one of the big guns would probably have 15dB advantage on that > > signal it might be worth monitoring reception until a peak is seen then > > trying a CW call? Means staying up all night though! > > CW would have been very ambitious under those conditions. QRSS3 or 10 might > have gotten the call sign through. My 3-second screen at that frequency is a > horrid mess of Loran lines and local interference, however. The slow speed > stuff has made the hobby possible in a location hardly suited for LF work. > Others more out in the country might do better. > > John Andrews, W1TAG > > > >