Return-Path: Received: from rly-da08.mx.aol.com (rly-da08.mail.aol.com [172.19.129.82]) by air-da06.mail.aol.com (v123.3) with ESMTP id MAILINDA063-a8749bdf35e365; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:36:33 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-da08.mx.aol.com (v123.3) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDA087-a8749bdf35e365; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:36:18 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Lj6Q9-0002b2-QP for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:35:33 +0000 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Lj6Q9-0002at-6V for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:35:33 +0000 Received: from smtp109.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([98.136.44.54]) by relay2.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Lj6Q8-0006W5-J7 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:35:33 +0000 Received: (qmail 84825 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2009 06:35:25 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=DwGIrlldhSxpNwbznJjyaGEKEv4lEZ8r0FbZTnr/30YzcSWFd2dMaqoDN4BccKlF7C2tmbyQqg1zeq4mfL7zWpMeHijCs44wwuVUG8HunkYoMYB8KePRdEeEUVXXvtwO/BGKeDarq+9rArbCDeL+wD9HuSfthiRf0QfHEbMabGs= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (we0h@75.168.139.227 with plain) by smtp109.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Mar 2009 06:35:25 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: jA5TLwQVM1m8KZFS1wOwicpSa_EHZJWKVoFRb8Rn7vXi9HUU8YYC25.wtLwrxuK4bjNzIcUrZ_M0UYD5tIUWGyo3M8smkbqnzinZcg335wVFMhBa57nnj9c.HETI80M2SpLA3ZS.GxzImapXpvWCqIikoFFDr9yRA91yCd4OuISTBlu7bH8KZZynS_XvvhtIx_5T6mzvqViEA8LguvgXNiWC34sWcahGYAboR9Sw_J_Fd2cjpvacPjjxmHH4qCNzygnSaiFmZqKNiu4dbf9Ul75TLsr9 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <49BDF319.6080900@yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:35:05 -0500 From: Mike-WE0H User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <200903141634.37933.ve8rt@xplornet.com> In-Reply-To: <200903141634.37933.ve8rt@xplornet.com> DomainKey-Status: good (testing) Subject: Re: LF: Getting started, maybe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Hello Ron, I built a pair of these loops for receiving. They work excellent. http://www.we0h.us/505kc/Simple-RX-Loop-Antenna/ Let me know if you want to try and listen for my signal. I can put a beacon on the air anytime. CW or PSK-31 Mike WE0H WD2XSH/16 Ron T wrote: > I've been reading the occasional posting to the list, wondering if I could > find some time and money to work with. As we do not yet have licences for > the 500KHz band, the best place to start would be setting up for receiving. > > From my location is it likely that I could receive any amateur stations on > 600 metres? Any recommendations for a relatively compact antenna? I do have > a reasonably good receiver that covers the band, a Ten Tec SP-325 (crystal > oven oscillators). >