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From: "Stan Andrews" <andrewss@earthlight.co.nz>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: LF: Re: Re: Stoking at LF
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:32:45 +1200
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         Hi  All,     Finbar's  story  most enjoyable   and   the   most
recent one that  I have seen that   fit "CQ"'s      or  "73"   mags
cartoon  headed
 " I CAN  DREAM, CAN'T   I   " !!!!!!!!!

Stan,    ZL4MB

-----Original Message-----
From: Finbar O'Connor <beachwood@tinet.ie>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Date: Thursday, 15 July 1999 12:59
Subject: LF: Re: Stoking at LF


>Hi Alan/G3NYK.
>                       Just thought I'd bring you up to date on the
>possibility of working EI to OK.  The riggers are just  finishing off my
new
>300 metre
>tower ( with top loading ), only problem will be adding some series
>capacitance to shorten it, so I can put in the usual base loading coil and
>tap up for 50 ohms, the capacitor will be a one off specially ordered from
>the U.S.A. You were quite right about stoking up for that DX qso, the local
>grid cannot cope with the extra electricity demand, so the only thing was
to
>order up a generator. Could not believe it when I was told I could not get
a
>gene of that KVA at short notice, but they did have a steam driven one that
>I could have straight away. I now have a team of excellent boiler house
>staff and a steady supply of coal, so there should be no problems with the
>High Tension supply.
>My wife has now got the domestic staff in line and the supply of food and
>lodgings are complete, however the local supermarket is having some
problems
>keeping up with the demand and the supermarket chain's HQ are now
>considering building a new supply depot. Apparently there have been
>complaints from other parts of the county regarding low food supplies, all
>because demand has increased here.
>A very pleasant chap from the International Copper Federation, called the
>other day and presented me with beautiful engraved smoking pipe and a
>fabulous bouquet of flowers for my wife. He told us that the price of
Copper
>has gone through the roof. Did I mention that we laid over 80 kilometers of
>10 swg  copper wire for the radial system but plan to double that as soon
as
>we can get more staff. It's a constant juggle between staff, accomodation,
>food, etc, but put in context, its a small price to pay.
>Until I get things just right, I will continue to experiment with my Mosfet
>transmitter, the  14 metre support pole holding up my twin 100 metre
>wire antenna, which I can get  3 amps into at maximum smoke and enjoy my
new
>ICOM R75  receiver, with its  2  cw filters, 250 hz at 9 mhz and 500 hz at
>455 khz. This rx is such a vast improvement on my LOWE HF225 or ALINCO
DX70,
>it makes me want to say something terrible....
>......I can't wait for Winter, to give it a good bash on LF and get away
>from the Summertime  static and T/A.
>73's   Finbar    EI0CF
>p.s  really looking forward to working  OK soon.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Melia <Alan.Melia@btinternet.com>
>To: rsgb_lf_group <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>Date: 14 July 1999 01:32
>Subject: LF: re OK1FIG and cluster report
>
>
>>Sorry Petr, I knew you were there because I could copy the German station
>>working you, but when I scolled back through the DSP display, the trace
>>where you were transmitting did not 'go on and off' at the right times,
and
>>switching off my VDU screen, whilst still accumulating the waterfall
>>display, caused the trace to disappear. Indicating that the response was a
>>Frame harmonic of my VDU.
>>Do not loose heart, my receive sensitivity is not very good, the
>operational
>>G stations have much better chance of hearing you. I bet Finbar is stoking
>>up the milliwatts for next weekend, because EI to OK must be a good
>>distance. Keep tweeking the aerial, add a few more FETs to the PA and I'm
>>sure you will soon generate a noisy (but gentlemanly, of course) pile-up
on
>>136.
>>73 de Alan G3NYK
>>
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