Return-Path: Received: from rly-mc02.mx.aol.com (rly-mc02.mail.aol.com [172.21.164.86]) by air-mc01.mail.aol.com (v124.15) with ESMTP id MAILINMC011-d5c4a3e7f2d3a4; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:42:59 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-mc02.mx.aol.com (v124.15) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMC024-d5c4a3e7f2d3a4; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:42:54 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1MIRzE-0000cl-60 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:52 +0100 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1MIRzD-0000cc-MC for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:51 +0100 Received: from smtpout04.highway.telekom.at ([213.33.98.154] helo=smtp.a1.net) by relay3.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MIRzC-0006vq-Ig for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:41:52 +0100 Received: (qmail 11272 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2009 18:41:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.0.30]) (h_schnait@a1.net@[88.116.16.222]) (envelope-sender ) by smarthub71.a1.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 21 Jun 2009 18:41:44 -0000 Message-ID: <4A3E7EE4.9060209@a1.net> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:41:40 +0200 From: H Schnait User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <1245582735.4291.6.camel@gerhard-laptop> <33D6A4990B7B45149663D84D52C052CA@JimPC> <1245595125.3782.14.camel@gerhard-laptop> In-Reply-To: <1245595125.3782.14.camel@gerhard-laptop> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Re: 137khz RX-Test 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 Gerhard, OE5ODL can put out a respectable signal whenever you want. I can help set up a sked, if you reply to my email adress (just google my callsign). 73 Heinz, OE5EEP Gerhard Hickl schrieb: > Hello James and the group! > > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I can't copy your signal in the > moment, let's hope for the evening/night. > > I'm using my shortwave-antenna, a 55m long endfed wire in about 12m > height as antenna for lf. it's connected to the unsymmetrical input of > the Selective Level Meter. I think using this antenna is the first > problem. Another one ist that I don't have a preamp yet. The 2nd antenna > is a resonant frame antenna with about 1m diameter. Unfortunately I > haven't managed to bring it outside somehow and so I'm using it in the > shack which gives me a lot of QRM, especially from the tube-monitor > (n*75Hz vert. frequenzy). > > The Level Meter only has a 22Hz and a 3.1khz filter. I just can use the > 3.1 filter which gaves me lot of QRM from DCF39. I have tuned to 137.15 > becasue I found that this qrg is quiet (-107dbm) compared to some 100Hz > up and down where the noise level is up to -92dbm. I think this noise is > produced by the carrier of DCF39 somehow. > > As you may have noticed, I'm a LF beginner and it seems I have to work > on the sensitivity of my equipment. I'm living 30km north of Vienna and > I think QRN and QRM is not so bad here. > > Any suggestions welcome. > > Thanks a lot > and 73 de OE3GHB > > Gerhard Hickl > >