X-GM-THRID: 1244201158540608942 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.87.11 with SMTP id k11cs472604wxb; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 02:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.218.3 with SMTP id q3mr172854ugg.1186565256129; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:27:36 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id g12si357282nfb.2007.08.08.02.27.31; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:27:36 -0700 (PDT) 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) client-ip=193.82.116.20; Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IIhjd-0004AE-R7 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:21:45 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IIhjd-0004A5-EI for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:21:45 +0100 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IIhjb-0006tH-1W for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:21:45 +0100 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98F28DA4CC for ; Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:22:35 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 10:22:35 +0100 From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Message-ID: <20070808102235.1294090a@lurcher.twatt.local> In-Reply-To: <006c01c7d997$d04461e0$f57f383e@Tom> References: <000701c7d993$326d9210$2eebfc3e@g3kev> <006c01c7d997$d04461e0$f57f383e@Tom> Organization: The Gammy Bird X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500 Beacons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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=none 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: 3789 On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 09:40:44 +0100 "Tom Boucher" wrote: > > No testing until later today as otherwise occupied, but John, I would > like to carry out some more tests using your grabber. Also discovered > Dave 'YXM's grabber yesterday which is most useful. > Tom & LF group, My grabber will be running continuously - although often showing my local TX signal, and ofter the freq. calibration is wrong if I switch the RX to CW mode rather than USB http://www.sighthound.demon.co.uk/pshed/gm4slv_speclab.jpg > SM and DL beacons are easiily audible here after dark. > I can still see and hear DI2AM at the moment 10:17 Local time. I heard G3DXZ calling CQ earlier on 502.0. Despite several tries at calling him I got no response, then he too disappeared. I think my low noise level in rural Shetland allows me to hear signals better than I radiate from my short vertical! John, GM4SLV, Shetland IO90gg