Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8516 invoked from network); 20 Sep 1999 09:21:40 +0100 Received: from magnus.plus.net.uk (HELO magnus.force9.net) (195.166.128.27) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 20 Sep 1999 09:21:40 +0100 Received: (qmail 27383 invoked from network); 20 Sep 1999 08:19:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnus.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 20 Sep 1999 08:19:52 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11SyG2-0004Wz-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:53:06 +0100 Received: from artemis.le.ac.uk ([143.210.16.126]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11SyFz-0004Wu-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:53:03 +0100 Received: from pc171.geog.le.ac.uk ([143.210.151.171] helo=kate) by artemis.le.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11SyFy-0001Jr-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:53:02 +0100 From: "kate moore" To: "lfgroup" Subject: LF: Weekend report Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:41:53 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Stations worked here over the weekend on 136kHz using normal speed CW: Saturday 18/9 GW4ALG (06.46UT: gave him 58/99, he gave me 599), PA0SE (07.05: 579, 579), G3CCH (10.34: 579, 579). Sunday 19/9 DJ5DI (07.33: 559, 559QRN), PA2NJN (08.08: 569QRM, 519QRM), G6RO (08.45: 57/89, 599), GW4ALG (09.10: 58/99, 599). The main event this weekend was certainly the weather. Most of the time we had gale force winds and heavy rain so my antenna suffered a lot, and that limited the times it was safe to operate. Static levels were correspondingly high in the evenings. Friday morning was fairly calm but there was no-one about to work and the weather prevented any contacts later. Saturday was similar, and again activity levels were disappointingly low. Sunday morning was much better with good propagation, so suddenly QRM became a problem, especially during my QSO with PA2NJN where both ends of the contact suffered interference from several G stations! During the week I worked a new station - G0AKY, Bill in Bexhill who was quite weak but fully readable here. On Sunday morning, Toni HB9ASB was a good 559 signal here at 07.00UT on 136.5kHz, but my antenna was off tune due to stretching overnight in the winds, so I didn't try to call him. A new German station heard on Sunday was DJ1RL at RST-449, calling CQ and then working DK8KW who was 559. At 20.00UT I heard Marzio IK5ZPV calling CQ on 136.9kHz at RST-469 through the heavy static. I called him for around 10 minutes at the end of each CQ, but he didn't hear me. Roll on the quiet conditions during the winter! Regards John G4GVC near Leicester, IO92JP ** TX: Synth + 400W RF from modified 'G3YXM' Mosfet PA ** ** RX: TS-850S with 3 x CW filters and 0.5ppm TCXO ** ** Ant: Inv-L 60m long, 6m high at feed end, 12m high at far end **