X-GM-THRID: 1247018466744690326 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.2.20 with SMTP id 20cs48434fgb; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 05:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.216.8 with SMTP id o8mr2398208ugg.1189253663008; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l33si2252899ugc.2007.09.08.05.14.19; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) client-ip=193.82.116.20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) smtp.mail=owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ITzAH-0002PM-IX for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:11:53 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ITzAH-0002PD-6H for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:11:53 +0100 Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.1]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ITzAE-0007nq-Oh for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:11:53 +0100 Received: from G0MRF@aol.com by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id l.c6d.161e4d7e (42805) for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:11:15 -0400 (EDT) From: G0MRF@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:11:15 EDT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5014 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.55 Subject: Re: LF: QRSS report on the beacon band Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1189253475" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME 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 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 6747 -------------------------------1189253475 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Peter. Thank you for the report. I know beacons are not everyone's idea of best band usage but I try to keep my meagre 5mW out of the way at the top end of the band. (well, at the top end of Dave's grabber which I use for monitoring) Also, I do get a couple of e-mails a week from people who tune their radios down to 500k for the first time and then report the beacon as the only signal that's there during the 10 or 15 mins they listen. If the band was full with people struggling to find space to have a QSO I would of course switch it off. Thanks again David In a message dated 08/09/2007 11:00:18 GMT Standard Time, m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk writes: I don't think I should be encouraging this but here it is any way. MRF you are 579 at IO91UX. 80m dipole up 13m untuned RX TS690s wid no mods. see attached trace. FMT -------------------------------1189253475 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi Peter.

Thank you for the report.

I know beacons are not everyone's idea of best band usage but I tr= y to=20 keep my meagre 5mW out of the way at the top end of the band. (wel= l,=20 at the top end of Dave's grabber which I use for monitoring)

Also, I do get a couple of e-mails a week from people who tune their ra= dios=20 down to 500k for the first time and then report the beacon as the only signa= l=20 that's there during the 10 or 15 mins they listen.

If the band was full with people struggling to find space to have a QSO= I=20 would of course switch it off.

Thanks again

David

In a message dated 08/09/2007 11:00:18 GMT Standard Time, m0fmt@yahoo.c= o.uk=20 writes:

I don't think I should be encouraging this but here it is any way. MR= F=20 you are 579 at IO91UX. 80m dipole up 13m untuned RX TS690s wid no mo= ds.=20 see attached trace.

FMT

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