Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7468 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2000 23:10:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by bells.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 31 Jan 2000 23:10:25 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12FPqj-0006wG-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:03:13 +0000 Received: from imo19.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.9]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12FPqh-0006rO-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 23:03:11 +0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from MarkusVester@aol.com by imo19.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v24.8.) id l.bc.cb48ea (3875) for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:02:30 -0500 (EST) From: MarkusVester@aol.com Message-ID: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:02:30 EST Subject: LF: G3ACQ - DF6NM in DFCW To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0.i for Windows 95 sub 62 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Hello Laurie, hello all, that qso was very special for both of us: Your 1st DFCW contact (congrats!), and my 1st 2way-QSO with G-land. Thanks, Laurie, you've really made this a day! I am using only a short (15m) and low (6m above house and ground) antenna. This was the first QSO after moving the loading coil from indoors to a rooftop position on saturday. With that change, the gain had improved from -45dBi to -39dBi, and my ERP is a blasting 4mW (!) now. When you called you were OO with about -102dBm (S4, -2dBuV/m), but during the QSO the signal faded down to -10dBuV/m and became barely readable at the end. Also, the wires swinging in the wind caused substantial resonance shifts and tx-power variations. I recorded a spectrogram .bmp which I could send you by email. Hope to see you again soon... especially in DFCW, its a fantastic mode (at least for the very little baby boys like me). 73s de Markus, DF6NM in JN59NK