Return-Path: Received: (qmail 97435 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 13:01:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-mxscan01.plus.net) (212.159.14.235) by ptb-mailstore02.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 13:01:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 63346 invoked from network); 9 Jan 2004 13:01:25 -0000 X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 Received: from ptb-mxcore01.plus.net (212.159.14.215) by ptb-mxscan01.plus.net with SMTP; 9 Jan 2004 13:01:23 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore01.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1AewGR-000GML-Hg for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:01:23 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1AewFZ-0006kz-P3 for rs_out@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:00:29 +0000 Received: from [209.225.28.201] (helo=mxsf01.cluster1.charter.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1AewFY-0006kS-1X for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:00:28 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: johncellarnew Received: from johncellarnew (cpe-68-118-232-30.ma.charter.com [68.118.232.30]) by mxsf01.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with SMTP id i09CvRh9077431 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 07:57:28 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from w1tag@charter.net) Message-ID: <000b01c3d6b0$4e3218c0$0500a8c0@charter.net> From: "John Andrews" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <3FFDD87C.F0EF0309@att.net> <3FFDDE47.C1107691@att.net> <006901c3d641$b90d70f0$1f00a8c0@dellboy> <005f01c3d659$8a589380$0500a8c0@charter.net> <000d01c3d689$77e9a3d0$1f00a8c0@dellboy> <000401c3d6a9$073c1120$0500a8c0@charter.net> <002101c3d6ad$d7079330$1f00a8c0@dellboy> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:58:40 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: LF: 183 kHz BC Q5 in NC at sunset! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 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: rs_out@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PN-SPAMFiltered: yes X-Spam-Rating: 1 Dave, > Given that one of the big guns would probably have 15dB advantage on that > signal it might be worth monitoring reception until a peak is seen then > trying a CW call? Means staying up all night though! CW would have been very ambitious under those conditions. QRSS3 or 10 might have gotten the call sign through. My 3-second screen at that frequency is a horrid mess of Loran lines and local interference, however. The slow speed stuff has made the hobby possible in a location hardly suited for LF work. Others more out in the country might do better. John Andrews, W1TAG