X-GM-THRID: 1246953421215444111 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.86.2.20 with SMTP id 20cs36688fgb; Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.255.7 with SMTP id c7mr1548641ugi.1189187452492; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id m1si4129080uge.2007.09.07.10.50.47; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:50:52 -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; DomainKey-Status: bad (test mode) Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; 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) smtp.mail=owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; domainkeys=hardfail (test mode) header.From=ken.h.wright@btinternet.com Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IThvY-0002aQ-1W for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:47:32 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IThvX-0002aH-FM for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:47:31 +0100 Received: from smtp802.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([217.146.188.62]) by relay2.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IThvR-0006Qc-Vb for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:47:31 +0100 Received: (qmail 37596 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2007 17:47:19 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btinternet.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:X-MimeOLE; b=g9a3Kn1UkWb/STj7jHDZ9tmgyNB05E7M7Xk5xUwVM/ffmDTx0xIQrqtEtpijdqQb6601FFvy7eotxRSLrFDz9McsSwIw5/UoTt03EpJ2JU/nFbhpvzBM0+Cql3j4+i8yzLKooQq6KbVpkryROpq5fPDdsA/OYH3jOUMNOb5pKQU= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ken) (ken.h.wright@btinternet.com@86.133.87.32 with login) by smtp802.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 7 Sep 2007 17:47:18 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 2V4Ys04VM1nU0OywYQHQAhYeW_iFUHZqfTJY8LA8YoMNt2JQQIjrzUbStJtn5ILxMoNXj.gkgw-- From: "Ken Wright" To: Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:49:52 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Thread-Index: Acfxd333dAHvcE/dQPKK8VG2GNLO5w== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Message-Id: Subject: LF: New Member Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C7F17F.E022DBF0" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_40_50,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: 11 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C7F17F.E022DBF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello Everyone. My name is Ken Wright, M0KHW, locator IO91TV. I have just joined the LF Reflector, and hope to be active on 500kHz shortly after my NoV is approved by Ofcom. Being new I have a lot of catching up to do regarding 500kHz activity, and who is doing what. I was listening on 500kHz last night (06/07/2007), 21:10 - 21:45 UTC, heard two carriers, at 500.61and 504.74, are these stations on 600m or are they 2nd harmonics of Long Wave BC stations? The one on 504 .74 was about S7, with 6dB gain on my RX input pre-amp. I am using my Kenwood TS140, as RX with a 7kHz bandwidth pre-amp (gain 6 - 10dB) and a 102ft doublet connected as a 'T'. In the process of fitting another filter in front end of the pre-amp to keep out the BC stations. Does anyone know of a commercial SWR meter that is ok for 500 kHz? my main station one is only spec'd down to 3.5 MHz, if there is one it will save time by not having to build one, and speed up ATU construction. 73 Ken M0KHW ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C7F17F.E022DBF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello Everyone.

My name is Ken Wright, M0KHW, locator IO91TV. I have = just joined the LF Reflector, and hope to be active on 500kHz shortly after = my NoV is approved by Ofcom. Being new I have a lot of catching up to do = regarding 500kHz activity, and who is doing what.  I was listening on 500kHz = last night (06/07/2007), 21:10 – 21:45 UTC, heard two carriers, at 500.61and = 504.74, are these stations on 600m or are they 2nd harmonics of Long = Wave BC stations? The one on  504 .74 was about S7, with 6dB gain on my RX = input pre-amp. I am using my Kenwood TS140, as RX with a 7kHz bandwidth = pre-amp (gain 6 – 10dB) and a 102ft doublet connected as  a = ‘T’. In the process of fitting another filter in front end of the pre-amp to = keep out the BC stations. Does anyone know of a commercial SWR meter that is ok = for 500 kHz? my main station one is only spec’d down to 3.5 MHz, if there = is one it will save time by not having to build one, and speed up ATU = construction.

 

73

 

Ken

 

M0KHW  

 

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