Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6055 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2003 20:56:06 -0000 Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 17 Apr 2003 20:56:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 14631 invoked by uid 10001); 17 Apr 2003 20:56:05 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 17 Apr 2003 20:56:05 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 196GPj-0005U3-Hi for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:55:23 +0100 Received: from [212.135.6.12] (helo=smarthost2.mail.uk.easynet.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 196GPe-0005Tu-DJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:55:18 +0100 Received: from tnt-2-130.easynet.co.uk ([195.40.196.130] helo=erica) by smarthost2.mail.uk.easynet.net with smtp (Exim 4.10) id 196GPd-0000kp-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:55:17 +0100 Message-ID: <000501c30524$547c4e20$82c428c3@erica> From: "g3ldo" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000c01c30503$7e0c9360$55e9fc3e@l8p8y6> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:59:23 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: DX AGN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.6 required=5.0tests=REFERENCESversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Mal said: ------------------- RN6BN good sig at 1733 GMT and other DX about throughout the afternoon/evening. Two YU stns plus OK and and DL plus G3LDO working YU7DP who was using qrs 10 and LDO qrs3. YU7DP earlier using qrs3 and perfect copy here. I worked YU7AR on normal CW , solid copy both ways. All EU stns active are at least 559 with me on normal CW. ------------------------- A few days ago I put out a QRS3 CQ and a station called me that I read as YU7DW. The signal was not very stable and drifted into a Loran line, which is why I missed the last letter. I asked the station to QSY 5HI and go QRS10, which he did. Unfortunately, by that time conditions had worsened. When he called me this time I guess that he felt that QRS10 would be best although conditions were much better than before and that QRS3 would have been fine. As the QSO was going well - if a bit slow- I decided to leave things as they were. On the 12th I worked RU6LA and he indicated that CW might work as the signals were so good. I heard his signal and gave him 449 but I did not get my report. In the meantime YU7AR called on CW and we had a QSO. All this happened on 137.7kHz. I had learned from previous experiance of transmitting the 'wrong' mode in the designated sub band was a hanging offence so I kept quiet about it. Quick QSYs are difficult here. We have had no rain for several weeks and ground is drier than I have ever known it during an LF season. The result is that the ground resistance has gone very low (around 20 ohms) and although this has resulted in higher antenna currents the antenna tuning is very sharp and a QSY down of 100Hz requires an antenna retune, which can't be done from the shack Regards, Peter, G3LDO e-mail Web