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Subject: Re: LF: Re: Beacons from Eu / UK
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Hello Warren ,
I am not impatient ! just that I get information ! because one hears=20
things on this band .
I am very happy of knowing that XGJ will answer of the service , it is=20
with great pleasure
that I will receive it on my grabber
73 qro Jean-Pierre f1afj

Warren Ziegler a =E9crit :
> Jean-Pierre,
>
>    Patience please!  The WD2XGJ  ATU is almost ready - this time I
> have silver plated the components for good conductivity.
> WD2XGJ should be back on 137 soon!
>
> 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:19 AM, "Jean-Pierre M=E9r=E9 (F1AFJ)"
> <jpm.f1afj@online.fr> wrote:
>  =20
>> Hi Alan , Andy , Warren ,
>>
>> If I read you well ! I can arrange my LF 137 Khz until the next solar cyc=
le
>> !
>> To stop the grabber which have not seen anything any more for one month !
>> and to make another thing ! I find that it will be interesting to study t=
he
>> increase
>> of the solar activity, perhaps would have surprises ! ..... ( I remember=20=
to
>> have
>> copied good signals of Warren in August )
>>
>> 73 qro Jean-Pierre f1afj
>>
>> Alan Melia a =E9crit :
>>    =20
>>> Hi Warren I dont think anything will prevent TA on 136 but it will becom=
e
>>> more difficult as the Sun becomes more active. The original crossings on
>>> 136kHz  were made near the last Solar max, but it was necessary to selec=
t
>>> a
>>> favourable time, or be very lucky. Large flares and associated CMEs lead
>>> to
>>> increased path loss often for weeks. Good periods have been much more
>>> prevalent during the last 12 months and there have been few major
>>> geomagnetic events.
>>> 1 watt ERP is probably that marginal, higher powers are probably more
>>> likely
>>> to succeed more often.
>>>
>>> Another factor which muddies things is then when the first crossings wer=
e
>>> made we only have 3sec dot available via Robert Horne's Spectrogram.
>>>
>>> Cheers de Alan G3NYK
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Warren Ziegler" <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
>>> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 10:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: LF: Re: Beacons from Eu / UK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>> Hi Alan,
>>>>
>>>>        =20
>>>>> Probably not what you wanted but that is the present status. 136 is
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> fairly
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> quiet over here just now, but it may be the last good chance to make t=
he
>>>>> crossing for a few years !!
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>>>     What are you expecting to happen that will prevent T/A on 137 in
>>>> the future?
>>>> 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XJ etc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Alan Melia <alan.melia@btinternet.com>
>>>>
>>>>        =20
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> Hi Andy there are no stations beaconing continuously on 136khz. Howeve=
r
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> the
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> usual way to observe the propagation is my monitoring the idle signal
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> from
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> DCF39 138.830 and/or HGA22 on 135.54. DCF39 is located at Burg near to
>>>>> Magdeburg in Germany. HGA22 is located at Lakihegy near Budapest. It i=
s
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> not
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> as much fun as QRSS.DFCW, or WOLF, but they are very relaible. Steve
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> Dove
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> W3EEE post 24 hour strength plots, though his system is down at presen=
t.
>>>>> Most TA attempts from this side are made by arrangement usually via th=
is
>>>>> list.
>>>>> Probably not what you wanted but that is the present status. 136 is
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>> fairly
>>>
>>>      =20
>>>>> quiet over here just now, but it may be the last good chance to make t=
he
>>>>> crossing for a few years !!
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers de Alan G3NYK
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Andy - KU4XR" <ku4xr@yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:13 PM
>>>>> Subject: LF: Beacons from Eu / UK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          =20
>>>>>> Greetings from the US:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to monitor 136 / 137 KHz this winter for TA beacons,
>>>>>> if there are any on. Will someone tell me if there are any
>>>>>> that beacon continuously, what mode and frequency, callsign.
>>>>>> If I have a list, and know where to look, that is a starting
>>>>>> place. Thanks for your replies; 73:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
>>>>>>  LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            =20
>>>>>          =20
>>>> --
>>>> 73 Warren K2ORS
>>>>                WD2XGJ
>>>>                WD2XSH/23
>>>>                WE2XEB/2
>>>>                WE2XGR/1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        =20
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      =20
>>    =20
>
>
>
>  =20