Return-Path: Received: from rly-md08.mx.aol.com (rly-md08.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.146]) by air-md06.mail.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILINMD062-9194725dcb51f; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:15:01 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md08.mx.aol.com (v120.9) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD081-9194725dcb51f; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:14:31 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ImUQx-0002IZ-Ps for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:13:35 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ImUQx-0002IQ-B0 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:13:35 +0000 Received: from sighthound.demon.co.uk ([80.177.174.126]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ImUQv-0003lj-7k for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:13:35 +0000 Received: from lurcher.twatt.local (lurcher.twatt.local [127.0.1.1]) by lurcher.twatt.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18027DA4D6 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:12:33 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:12:33 +0000 (GMT) From: John Pumford-Green GM4SLV X-X-Sender: gm4slv@lurcher.twatt.local To: rsgb In-Reply-To: <000701c818c2$94613620$27e4fc3e@g3kev> Message-ID: References: <000701c818c2$94613620$27e4fc3e@g3kev> X-Mailer: Pine MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Karma: 0: X-Spam-Score: 0.2 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP=0.234 Subject: Re: LF: 500 xband Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 : On Sat, 27 Oct 2007, hamilton mal wrote: > I have been doing well xband 500/3533/7033 so far with 11 countries worked Hello LF, Mal, Encouraged by Mal's posting I've tried calling "CQ QSX 3533khz" on a couple of occasions. I was called last weekend by Mike G3GMS near Cullercoats (where I sat my PO morse test all those years ago!) and just yesterday I had a x-band QSO with Hans LA2EG in Bergen. It's odd to think, but Hans has been my closest 500kHz QSO to date, at only 230 miles....! It says something when an LA station is a "local" and a GM is DX. Will try to look for more foreign stations on 3533. I have no TX capability on anything other than 500 - only one TX antenna - but my PA0RDT "mini-whip" feeding a K2 works nicely on top-band and 80m in receive. Cheers, John