Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17883 invoked from network); 22 May 2000 13:17:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by teachers.core.plus.net.uk with SMTP; 22 May 2000 13:17:51 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12trzp-00027Q-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 14:11:49 +0100 Received: from helios.herts.ac.uk ([147.197.200.2]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 12trzo-00027L-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 14:11:48 +0100 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from [147.197.200.44] (helo=gemini) by helios.herts.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 12trzn-00042F-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 22 May 2000 14:11:47 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <15800.200005221311@gemini> From: "James Moritz" Organization: University of Hertfordshire To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 14:18:38 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: LF: Puckeridge Expedition, 20th/21st May X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.11) Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Dear LF Group, Many thanks to all those who worked M0BMU/P over the weekend, or who sent listener reports. Also I am very grateful to all those who patiently gave comparative signal reports with the "Big & Small" antenna tests, and so contributed data for the experiment. My apologies to those who I missed out - I had my hands quite full, with operating, logging, recording results, and running out to fill the generator at regular intervals! I set up and tested the station on Friday night - mostly in the rain, as seems to be traditional at Puckeridge - and operated during Saturday and Sunday, finally closing down about 1530 utc on Sunday. In total I had 25 QSO's, three of these on 73kHz/136kHz cross-band, the rest on 136kHz. 19 seperate stations in 6 countries were worked: 136kHz band Station Report sent/received G4CNN 569/589 G4GVC 599/599 G3BDQ 599/599 G3AQC 599/599 PA0SE 569/589 G3YXM 599/599 MM0ALM 579/589 G0AKY 569/599 G3KEV 599/599 SM6PXJ 449/549 DJ9IE 569/449 G3CHH 439/579 G8RW 599/599 DK5PT 549/579 G3LDO 599/599 DL3FDO 439/569 G6RO 569/589 ON6ND 559/559 73kHz/136kHz X-band SM6PXJ 539/539 DK5PT 559/569 PA0BWL 579/529 Best DX contact on both bands was SM6PXJ. Most QSO's were made at aproximately 90mW ERP level. I also sent beacon signals for a few hours on Saturday night for field strength measurements, and during Sunday afternoon, while I started to dismantle the station. I now have a considerable amount of experimental results to work through from the antenna tests, and will post a report on these later on in the week, after I have dried out and recovered from the effects of hauling all my LF gear across a field and back again! Also, I will be sending out some QSL cards soon. Cheers, Jim Moritz 73 de M0BMU