Return-Path: Received: from mtain-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.26]) by air-db03.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDB032-861d4c9641eceb; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:01:32 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id D949438000088; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:01:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OxMzM-0002Ia-MQ for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:43:40 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OxMzC-0002IR-B6 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:43:30 +0100 Received: from mail-bw0-f43.google.com ([209.85.214.43]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OxMzA-00058S-CJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:43:31 +0100 Received: by bwz16 with SMTP id 16so5088211bwz.16 for ; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:43:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=G21jVQgyh/lT8T8tzMch/y7zNkYnMv3xTvPz4LoWT9U=; b=Qwg3mqDlb4f8QmF7eh0U2ZwT6fAKOqBhcCWp6hgHMsr1I3EQVgkR3xr7TD28NptdAD c+n7TznacN6sIy53omZ001615ZRD4TvIsTqqC+FHAnzFzJae2+0uifrwjZ3OaTpM4jI2 ujAFArYp/wH34KvCd8zZgqDJaAE0Y9Eqv6vng= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=mLeg1+BsxZKEelvKrNryeNHfo0XaGWWIC2XyFT53oSslpExWPVM/w4DLy5U0f2DMM5 +cQKu5Ndbjj8EVIn4MTDHbgH5/oiKoXmLm7JTleabbi0X+A+GZKswvzXOeCYHfYZc/5a 8HQnKr86it/L9VCP2ylrv4ltQD3KuepkSv+2Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.98.135 with SMTP id q7mr6042171bkn.49.1284914606965; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:43:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.62.83 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:43:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:43:26 +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: LF: 137.5kHz WSPR - reports appreciated Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f5e13ab705a204909f7e1f 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=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-d243.1 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : fail X-AOL-REROUTE: YES x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d601a4c9641eb1f8b X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) --001485f5e13ab705a204909f7e1f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 This afternoon I dropped the lower part of my loop so it now lays on the ground. Tuning seems unaffected, but the loop area is about 10sq m greater. Overall it is hard to see small changes but G3XIZ does seem to be giving me a consistent -22dB which is maybe 1dB better. My 137.5kHz WSPR beacon is on this evening and I'd dearly love to get a few new reports, maybe from a little further away. Clearly at any distance copy will be right on the edge. 73s Roger G3XBM -- http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.com/ http://www.g3xbm.co.uk http://www.youtube.com/user/g3xbm G3XBM GQRP 1678 ISWL G11088 --001485f5e13ab705a204909f7e1f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This afternoon I dropped the lower part of my loop so it now lays on the= ground. Tuning seems unaffected, but the loop area is about 10sq m greate= r. Overall it is hard to see small changes but G3XIZ does seem to be givin= g me a consistent -22dB which is maybe 1dB better.

My 137.5kHz WSPR beacon is on this evening and I'd dearly love to= get a few new reports, maybe from a little further away. Clearly at any= distance copy will be right on the edge.

73s
Roger G3XBM

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