Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16405 invoked from network); 25 Oct 1999 10:09:04 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 25 Oct 1999 10:09:04 +0100 Received: (qmail 7988 invoked from network); 25 Oct 1999 09:16:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 25 Oct 1999 09:16:57 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11fftg-0004qS-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:54:32 +0100 Received: from mserv1c.u-net.net ([195.102.240.33]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11fftf-0004qN-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:54:31 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from rsgb.u-net.com ([195.102.80.225] helo=rsgb.org.uk) by mserv1c.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #35) id 11ffuE-0001kE-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:55:07 +0100 Received: from miked by rsgb.org.uk with SMTP (MDaemon.v2.8.5.0.R) for ; Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:39:10 +0100 From: "Mike Dennison" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Organization: Radio Society of Great Britain To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:39:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: LF: Weekend report 23/24 Oct X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Return-Path: miked@mail.rsgbhq Message-ID: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Saturday 23 October Got up at 0530 UTC and put out several slow and fast CW calls. Didn't hear anyone for two hours! Band noisy with man-made noise and static (when will the QRN season end this year?). The noise was lowest at 0830UTC. Heard EI0CF (549); G4GVC (599). Saw on Spectrogram QRSs signals from PA2NJN ('O' and audible at S2); G3XTZ ('O' and S9+10). QSO with MM0ALM (gave 569, got best ever report from Dave at 579). Sunday 24 October Got up late! Still noisy on the band. Heard G6RO (449); PA0SE (579); DK8KW (339); EI0CF (559). Saw on Spectrogram QRSs signals from PA2NJN ('O' and S3); DJ5AO ('M'). Had a random QSO with IK5ZPV using QRSs. Very weak signals and took quite a while to get him to copy my callsign. Finally exchanged reports and rogers. The high wind and rain was causing my antenna current (normally 1.7A) to vary between 1.3 and 1.5A. This is my best DX at 1199km, a new country (number 10) and the 48th station worked on 136kHz. My web site shows a Spectrogram plot of part of the QSO, which includes PA2NJN and DJ5AO working within 20Hz of my QSO with no mutual QRM. Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm