Return-Path: Received: from mtain-da05.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-da05.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.64.77]) by air-mc02.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMC024-a8d64bd86062392; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:20:50 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-da05.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 8835C38000148; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:20:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1O79zI-0000Ki-Bc for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:19:48 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1O79zH-0000KZ-VZ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:19:47 +0100 Received: from mizuho.unixgeeks.ca ([65.19.178.165] helo=li5-165.localdomain) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1O79zF-0006p9-3D for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:19:47 +0100 Received: from kana.usask.ca (kana.usask.ca [128.233.134.166]) by li5-165.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 227AB37EAF for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:19:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4BD86017.7040603@unixgeeks.ca> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:19:35 -0600 From: Sean Cavanaugh User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Fedora/3.0.4-1.fc11 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4EB4F8217FCC42CAB07AE666A6AB07B8@AGB> <4BD5F358.8040508@freenet.de> <4BD6147C.7080201@usa.net> <4BD62289.6040703@usa.net> <4BD65338.4060702@telus.net> In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD=1.426 Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity VO land 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-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d404d4bd8606046ec X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Joe, Congrats on the QSO . I'm currently working at putting VE5 on the Canadian LF map.I'm working on a transverter when I have the time. I hope to have something up this summer. I am stuck in the middle of the city, but doing my best to make it work. 73 Sean - VA5LF On 04/27/2010 05:23 AM, jcraig@mun.ca wrote: > Yesterday at 2216 UTC -- the first day we didn't have rain, drizzle and > fog in about a month! It's back to the RDF today and for at least the > next week! > > I got some strange looks from passers by and visitors to the park where > the mobile set up. There was a big coil, variometer, the TX and power > meter, the RX and RX loop on the roof of the car and the yellow > antenna that looked like blasting wire dangling in a tree! I told one > curious lady who dropped by not to worry -- it was just a radio experiment! > > No doubt you and Steve VE7SL had a QSO on 2200 months ago. It seems > the band became available on 01 January. Sadly there doesn't seem > to be much interest in 2200m locally. Hopefully this will change > when the message gets out and the soldering irons start smoking again. > > > 73 > Joe > > > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Scott Tilley wrote: > >> Hi Joe >> >> When did this QSO occur? >> >> 73 Scott >> >> >> jcraig@mun.ca wrote: >>> >>> Congrats to JA7NI and to Scott for receiving him and also >>> transmitting again on 2200m in VE7 land. For fun XYL VO1RL and I also >>> had a CW QSO on >>> 137 kHz... only a few km so not big DX, but a start on a new Canadian >>> band >>> in this end of the country. >>> >>> The TX is back on 507.77 kHz for tonight. Thanks to Henny for the >>> recent reports. >>> >>> 73 >>> Joe VO1NA