X-GM-THRID: 1229759811383329191 X-Gmail-Labels: Sent,rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.115.73.6 with SMTP id a6cs207413wal; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:05:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.243.4 with SMTP id q4mr2827101ugh.1172790347817; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:05:47 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id m4si1959700ugc.2007.03.01.15.05.46; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:05:47 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) DomainKey-Status: bad (test mode) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1HMuIt-0005Fq-UH for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:03:15 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1HMuIt-0005Fh-HL for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:03:15 +0000 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.230]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HMuIr-0004yO-IK for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:03:15 +0000 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so8777wra for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:03:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=fagVheyP2UP4pJx8nEV4muIE52v9vAMTkLDvF6LW1Uqz/Zwj24gygqcUAq3JsPSnnN4rbw4FCQ9FlZSftK5tv6Fr9X+JxV4ZSKpHCZUaFKg22yv4p/jzZgw/JTcd+wtL9bBs9kO2AlQY5HJgsu6kjLr2RhfWdVW2kyLxKyAZQ1o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=PfduNJC7A2QDqc+nViz7fS+qskYGuBTts68UFQ4MQpkMTzTT8yZTj+k1qmG0dOcOEC0Sgi3AOlwfXvq8HQILDiOfYN2048EOTZBv0E7Eu77LGtg2b5FcvLcSWokAw13/ujt0BDh3EIBMyjwSnyltI/g5MhSMfwmc6xo121jPEH0= Received: by 10.114.103.1 with SMTP id a1mr137506wac.1172790186580; Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:03:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.115.73.6 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Mar 2007 15:03:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8bf118410703011503x5512a858pc41158e09ced1ca3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 23:03:06 +0000 From: "Dave Pick" To: "LF Group" MIME-Version: 1.0 DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_10_20=0.945,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: LF: First UK amateur sigs on 500k band? Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_41692_4136243.1172790186549" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2419 ------=_Part_41692_4136243.1172790186549 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline This looks promising... I just lashed up a makeshift aerial tuner and got about 250mA aerial current (bad match and low aerial). I estimate the ERP at less than 20mW yet the signal was good readable in CW over a 200 mile path. Keep an ear on 503.00kHz, I should be on over the weekend with a better tuner. 73 Dave. -- G3YXM IO92BK Birmingham UK ------=_Part_41692_4136243.1172790186549 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline This looks promising...

I just lashed up a makeshift aerial tuner and got about 250mA aerial current (bad match and low aerial). I estimate the ERP at less than 20mW yet the signal was good readable in CW over a 200 mile path.
Keep an ear on 503.00kHz, I should be on over the weekend with a better tuner.

73

Dave.

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