Return-Path: Received: from rly-mc06.mail.aol.com (rly-mc06.mail.aol.com [172.20.118.148]) by air-mc01.mail.aol.com (v119.9) with ESMTP id MAILINMC13-6df46f634432d4; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:39:36 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mc06.mail.aol.com (v119.9) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMC65-6df46f634432d4; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:39:17 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IZNvS-0003cg-An for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:38:54 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IZNvR-0003cX-9t for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:38:53 +0100 Received: from ipmail01.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.140]) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IZNvQ-0001f4-2A for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:38:53 +0100 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAJvQ9UaWZancdGdsb2JhbAAMjjs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.20,288,1186324200"; d="scan'208";a="196099108" Received: from ppp150-101-169-220.lns1.per1.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.1]) ([150.101.169.220]) by ipmail01.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 23 Sep 2007 19:08:48 +0930 Message-ID: <46F63427.5030909@internode.on.net> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:38:47 +0800 From: David Isele - VK6DI User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <46F62A68.20201@internode.on.net> <46F62F13.7070603@online.fr> In-Reply-To: <46F62F13.7070603@online.fr> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: ZM2E now visible ... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hello Jean-Pierre, Yes excellent conditions this afternoon. I wish I had tuned in much earlier. I started to observe ZM2E when I first tuned in around 1.5 hours before my local sunset time. Currently I am still in bright sunlight at this end. In reply to your question - My receiver is a Yaesu FT-920 (transceiver). I would have thought that it's performance down on 137 would have been rather poor. Surprisingly it seems to work quite well. My antenna is 250M of 2.5 mm diameter galvanized fencing wire (no insulation). The wire is sitting on damp grass (at ground level) and pointing roughly 90 degrees orientation from due North. I have a 30M long coax feed with a Z = 9:1 toroidal isolation / matching transformer wound on an FT50-J core. Regards, David, VK6DI, OF88cd. Jean-Pierre Méré wrote: > Hello David , > > Very good copy of ZM2E on your screen ! > David what your setup please ? > > 73 qro Jean-Pierre F1AFJ > > David Isele - VK6DI a écrit : >> VK6DI Captures: http://tinyurl.com/2lxyy5 VK6DI Web page: http://tinyurl.com/lp2vv VK6DI Captures: http://tinyurl.com/2lxyy5