Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8065 invoked from network); 18 Oct 1999 14:19:49 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO magnet.force9.net) (195.166.128.26) by guiness.force9.net with SMTP; 18 Oct 1999 14:19:49 +0100 Received: (qmail 24775 invoked from network); 18 Oct 1999 13:27:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by magnet.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 18 Oct 1999 13:27:05 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11dCTn-0002az-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:05:35 +0100 Received: from apollo.le.ac.uk ([143.210.16.125]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11dCTm-0002au-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:05:34 +0100 Received: from [143.210.25.171] (helo=kate) by apollo.le.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 3.02 #2) id 11dCTU-0007Wu-01 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 14:05:16 +0100 From: "kate moore" To: "lfgroup" Subject: LF: Weekend report Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:52:56 +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) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Stations worked here during the weekend on 136kHz using normal speed CW: Friday 15/10 G3LDO (17.25:UT gave him 599, he gave me 589), EI0CF (20.58: 359QRN, 459?). Saturday 16/10 EI0CF (07.53: 579, 569), DK8KW (08.47: 569, 339), G6RO (15.25: 57/89, 599), EI0CF (17.32: 579, 569). Sunday 17/10 G3YMC (07.26: 569, 599), G6RO (07.51: 579, 599), PA2NJN (08.14: 559, 529), ON7YD (09.08: 559QSB/QSB, 559QRN), DJ5DI (10.07: 559QRN, 549QRN), PA0BWL (10.23: 449QRN, 549), GW4ALG (10.43: 599, 599), EI0CF (11.10: 579, 569). Two new stations in the log this week - DJ6FU who I worked on Thursday and Wil PA0BWL on Sunday - taking my tally up to 72. Those of you who went to Windsor will have met Wil there. Static levels still seem high, especially in the evenings, and Friday was particularly bad here. I was very pleased to get the call from Finbar, but really struggled to copy him through the crashes, hence my uncertain report that night. It's good to hear you back on the band Finbar - your signal is fine, as later contacts confirmed, but that night the noise was terrible. I also heard Lars SM4DHN at good strength and called him several times, but he was suffering with the static too (he only gave Reino 449!), so he didn't hear me. Activity levels on Saturday were fairly low, but I was pleased to have another QSO with Geri DK8KW. Unfortunately, although Geri was an excellent signal here, he wasn't copying me too well so we limited it more or less to exchanging reports. Sunday morning was better with 6 countries worked. I heard Rik ON7YD working Wil, but could detect nothing of Wil at that time. After a solid QSO with Rik, he informed me that Wil was calling me - I could still hear nothing so Rik kindly passed me Wil's report. After working Fred DJ5DI I suddenly heard PA0BWL calling at RST-449! We made a good contact, and Steve GW4ALG also heard and called him. Around an hour later I heard Rik calling Finbar, noting that Rik was also up in strength to 569, so conditions obviously improved as the morning progressed. 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 **