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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:42:59 +0000
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James,

I am slightly concerned that your vast expanse of aluminium foil will be
reflecting sufficient sunlight as to require significant recalculation
of the factors affecting global warming!



On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 17:09 +0000, James Cowburn wrote:
> I shall be there, boots blacked and at the ready!!    
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> Buy shares in Alcan foil as I will be cornering the world market in
> order to turn my garden into a huge capacitor!   The XYL will have a
> seizure and the cats wont be happy either!  
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> With best regards
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> Jim
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> From:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> [mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of mal hamilton
> Sent: 23 February 2010 16:49
> To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> Subject: Re: LF: DATA
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> Roger
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> Like the man said the 9 Kcs craze is but the latest Appliance Operator
> TOY, however when you fire up the TOY I will look out for you, Jim
> might join in.
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> mal/g3kev
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>         ----- Original Message ----- 
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>         From: Roger Lapthorn 
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>         To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org 
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>         Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:38 PM
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>         Subject: Re: LF: DATA
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>         Mal,
>         
>         G7NKS has largely echoed my views on your email. 
>         
>         Yes, HF conditions have been getting better. VK9 was worked on
>         10m from the UK today (on CW and not by me). I was able to
>         decode the 1W WSPR signals on 10m from V53ARC (running just
>         1W) this morning and from FR1GZ (10W) yesterday. WSPR is
>         hugely helpful in propagation testing on the higher HF bands
>         and does not need much power. There is lots of WSPR activity
>         on HF, although more on 10m would be useful to help seek out
>         fleeting openings. PSK31 is widely used of course.
>         
>         Regarding <9kHz, clearly it is very unlikely any great
>         distances will be spanned, but there is much that can be
>         learned from such experiments. I have experimented with this
>         in the past and hope to do so again soon, but using the best
>         weak signal techniques this time.
>         
>         Your remarks about 500kHz "appliance operators" are not
>         helpful.  However, it's a free country and you're entitled to
>         express your views, even if we choose to differ.
>         
>         73s
>         Roger G3XBM 
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>         
>         On 23 February 2010 14:50, mal hamilton
>         <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> wrote:
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>         Generally band condx vy good at present from LF to HF as far
>         as 24 Mcs. Modes mostly CW and SSB world wide, some strong USA
>         stns.
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>         What is noticeable is the lack of Amtor, Pactor and packet
>         transmissions but RTTY seems to have survived over the years.
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>         Observations indicate that data mode acty does not last long,
>         the novelty wares off, whereas the traditional modes CW, SSB
>         and RTTY are still going strong.
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>         
>         Some will argue that cw and rtty are data but I am referring
>         to the fly by night data modes Amtor, pactor, packet and all
>         the JT, wspr etc, tuning across the bands today I did not hear
>         any of these modes.
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>         
>         Obviously the majority of ham operators are not interested. It
>         would appear MF attracts the Appliance Operator, and the
>         8.7739872 Kcs Dreamers!!
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>         
>         If you fancy your chances on VLF below 9 Kcs I will listen
>         out. I have a suitable RX and antenna.
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>         
>         Your observations ?
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>         de G3KEV
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>         -- 
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>         http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/
>         http://www.g3xbm.co.uk
>         http://www.youtube.com/user/G3XBM
>         G3XBM    GQRP 1678      ISWL G11088
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(east coast, county of suffolk)