Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mh03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mh03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.215]) by air-da01.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDA011-85e34c93c27e162; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:33:18 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mh03.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 2B1BE380000BB; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1Owgew-00056L-2w for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:31:46 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1Owgel-00053Q-N7 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:31:35 +0100 Received: from mail-bw0-f43.google.com ([209.85.214.43]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Owgej-0004k5-Ag for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:31:36 +0100 Received: by bwz16 with SMTP id 16so3955153bwz.16 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:31:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=spxW13lpkh85P6aYePhIDIhVz0RMw7BgP33DTBKU2RE=; b=W7M2Xb+oQunkSXQMtkKgqRDGYtnmkJKrYc2Ag1XwQU0saIYEXgkcLokj/1VdG1pRS2 6U0g0LN9Q4bcbSTXPvyGLt+TzVqsQYsZMu7GDe5Q+y2B+0HWa9bdqoTYb3U2bFPhuOdt zlJN+GpY6tNTzkk9PHWgTDK8xBY85vwKESeA8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=NO26zfbAxgpzppEG4pPj8esEjCudhd9C1BJfHI809twcdVOalSMeAuL3hqPFY8cSOF lKvUMnyEBb0Kx9buNUYNbaZ/vHF8cp0JdMzJoz4VV11KO0r5mQsZrZNlOYPib8/ekMEq JuraEODY4YMok3jRgNoBUXjI74Bv62cUnC4ew= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.148.67 with SMTP id o3mr3956202bkv.208.1284751892516; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:31:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.136.67 with HTTP; Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:31:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:31:32 +0100 Message-ID: From: Roger Lapthorn To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001 Subject: Re: LF: G4JNT 503kHz Beacon Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cadb62d92260490799cae X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE 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: S X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-m256.1 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : pass X-AOL-REROUTE: YES x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60d74c93c27d300e X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --0015175cadb62d92260490799cae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'd appreciate a 137kHz WSPR beacon Andy. 500kHz too if both possible. 73s Roger On 17 September 2010 19:27, Andy Talbot wrote: > Is there likely to be much interest in my 503kHz beacon or is it worth > looking at replacing it with a 137kHz WSPR one? Its been mostly off air > for a couple of weeks while the antenna was rebuilt as a dual purpose fat HF > dipole / top loaded Tee - and I still haven't got round to optimising the > pre-matching for the HF bit yet. > > However, it does now resonate at 503 and 137kHz and its tempting to put a > low duty cycle WSPR signal on over the winter period using the 700 Watt > switchmode PA which has been sitting idle for a few years now. However, a > new lower power beacon Tx may be more acceptable - especially to my > electricity bill. > > Andy > www.g4jnt.com > -- http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/ http://www.g3xbm.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm G3XBM GQRP 1678 ISWL G11088 --0015175cadb62d92260490799cae Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd appreciate a 137kHz WSPR beacon Andy.=A0 500kHz too if both possib= le.

73s
Roger

On 17 September= 2010 19:27, Andy Talbot <andy.g4jnt@googlemail.com> wrote:
Is there= likely to be much interest in my 503kHz beacon or is it worth looking at= replacing it with a 137kHz WSPR one?=A0=A0=A0 Its been mostly off air for= a couple of weeks while the antenna was rebuilt as a dual purpose fat HF= dipole / top loaded Tee - and I still haven't got round to optimising= the pre-matching=A0for the HF bit yet.
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However, it does now=A0resonate =A0at 503 and 137kHz and its tempting= to put a low duty cycle WSPR signal=A0on over the winter period=A0using= the 700 Watt switchmode PA which has been sitting idle for a few years no= w.=A0 However,=A0 a new lower power=A0beacon Tx=A0may be more acceptable= - especially to my electricity bill.



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