Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19561 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2000 09:54:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by dimple.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 6 Mar 2000 09:54:08 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12Ru5K-0006Re-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:45:54 +0000 Received: from artemis.le.ac.uk ([143.210.16.126]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12Ru5J-0006RZ-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:45:53 +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 12Ru59-0000CF-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 06 Mar 2000 09:45:43 +0000 From: "kate moore" To: "lfgroup" Subject: LF: Weekend report Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:40:10 -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) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Importance: Normal Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: EU activity heard since Friday on 136kHz normal CW: OE5ODL (559), SM6PXJ (579), OZ8NJ (569), ON7YD (559), DJ5BV (559), DJ5DI (569), PA0KDM (549), PA0BWL (569), DK5PT (569), HB9DCE (449QSB). Activity this weekend was much lower than recent weeks (maybe people were taking a break and enjoying the better weather?) - nevertheless, the final tally here was 10 countries heard and 6 worked. There was certainly no shortage of Gs calling CQ, but noticibly fewer stations for us to work, and I managed nothing new at all this week. Both G3XDV and PA0BWL have made improvements and were putting out their best signals ever. Conditions seemed quite good, if a little noisey at times, and CFH was audible virtually all day during both Saturday and Sunday, dropping into the noise only briefly late morning. The local variation in signal strength was again very apparent on Sunday morning when HB9DCE's signal was poor with both G3YXM and myself, but Berth was getting R5 reports from GB2CPM and G3XDV - the reverse of the situation Mike reported last time. It would be very interesting to establish for certain whether this is due to an enhancement effect (i.e. Mike and Peter were receiving better than other stations either side) or a cancellation effect (i.e. Dave and I were in a null). Perhaps we could set up a 'reports pool' for noting simultaneously the strengths of stations in Switzerland and Italy (whose signals seem to produce this effect over the UK) by a number of observers? 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 **