Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16136 invoked from network); 10 Oct 1999 23:38:40 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 10 Oct 1999 23:38:40 +0100 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11aRO8-000334-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 23:24:20 +0100 Received: from as-img-6.compuserve.com ([149.174.217.151] helo=spamgaaf.compuserve.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11aRO7-00032z-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 23:24:19 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (from mailgate@localhost) by spamgaaf.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.7) id SAA00621 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:24:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:23:02 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 From: "DEREK ATTER" Subject: LF: HF Convention - 73kHz QSO G3WSC/G0MRF To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <199910101823_MC2-886E-A4BA@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: >From Derek, G3GRO. Thoroughly enjoyed meeting friends old and new on Saturday during the LF gathering at the HF Convention. Thanks to all the organisers and excellent speakers and also to David G0MRF, Graham G3XTZ, et al for their hard work in setting up the LF station on 136Khz and 73Khz. The Convention special event station GB4RS was putting out a very strong signal on 136Khz into Crawley, West Sussex on Friday evening and I exchanged 599 reports with them while they were setting up. This morning (Sunday) at 10.15 UTC we fired up the Crawley Club station G3WSC again on 73 Khz and were very pleased to work David G0MRF at the Convention station hearing him at very readable 569 despite the fairly high noise level and received a 459 report through their local RF noise and high audio background level. The the equipment at G3WSC was a FT990 RX with 250hz IF BW and about 100Hz audio BW DSP filter. The TX was a modified BKE amplifier running at 250W RF into a 120m long inverted "L" at 20m above the ground. The equipment was on loan from Lech, G3KAU 73 to all from today's ops at the G3WSC club station - - From Stuart, G3YSX , Lech G3KAU , Derek G3GRO