Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3463 invoked from network); 13 Dec 1999 08:54:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by 212.159.2.33 with SMTP; 13 Dec 1999 08:54:16 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11xRcd-0005Li-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:18:23 +0000 Received: from artemis.le.ac.uk ([143.210.16.126]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11xRcc-0005Lc-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:18:22 +0000 Received: from pc171.geog.le.ac.uk ([143.210.25.171] helo=kate) by artemis.le.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 11xR7R-0004t7-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:46:09 +0000 From: "kate moore" To: "lfgroup" Subject: LF: Weekend report Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:44:18 -0000 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 10/12 G8IK (15.33UT: gave him 579, he gave me 579), G3GRO (16.10: 599, 58/99), ON6ND (20.01: 589, 559), OH1TN (20.22: 579QRN, 559QSB). Saturday 11/12 G3YXM (15.22: 59+9, 59+9), M0BMU (17.07: 589, 599), OH1TN (19.48: 569QRN, 549). Sunday 12/12 G6RO (08.45: 589, 599). Non-UK stations heard but not worked: DL3FDO (569), PA0MLC (579), PA0LEG (559), PA0SE (579), DJ5DI (559), ON4ZK (569), DK5PT (449). Yet again the weather dominated the weekend here. The antenna had been lowered all week due to the winds and I re-rigged it at lunchtime on Friday. Static levels were fairly high and it started pouring with rain just as I began the contact with Reino, so the antenna efficiency dropped during the QSO. The heavy rain continued right through until Saturday afternoon, so I didn't bother to do any transmitting until later, and even then the antenna current was lower than normal due to the waterlogged ground. I left the RX scanning whilst I got on with other things, but the level of activity seemed well down on normal. Sunday started dry here, but the rain quickly returned and the day became more or less a repeat of Saturday - not a very productive weekend. As an aside, on Friday night I remembered to listen to the special morse broadcast from DDH47 on 147.3kHz, which made an interesting change to the usual work on LF. I was surprised how complex the transmission was, with the "poineer names" embedded within messages in German, English, French and Italian, sent at three different power levels (15, 5 & 1KW) and two different speeds (moderate and fast!), which lasted over an hour. They certainly make you work for your certificate! As expected, the signal was enormous on my LF antenna - well over S9 at the 1KW level and very different to the milliwatt erp signals we are used to copying 10kHz lower! 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 **