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Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:50:53 +0100
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Hi Stefan,

I hope to be back on 136 in the next month or two, but it depends on =
non-radio matters.

73
John F5VLF

On 26 Feb 2012, at 18:23CET, Stefan Sch=E4fer wrote:

> Hi Colin,
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> Am 26.02.2012 17:39, schrieb M5FRA - Colin:
>> I heard my first 136Khz station today, a German CW beacon. I had =
thought of getting on LF, and the new MF allocation when it comes,  but =
if most of the activity is now on data/QRSS etc then perhaps not.
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>> Colin - G8FRA/M5FRA
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>> www.m5fra.org.uk
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> First, congrats to your first LF CW reception.
> There's not much going on and i can't call CQ all the time. So i have =
to decide to run a beacon or let the PA get dusty. You and many others =
heared that beacon today, so it was no waste of energy at all, isn't it? =
:-)
> It's up to the active stations to make and keep the band alive. Become =
one of them and never become tired to stay active. If YOU are active, =
them others have a reason to become active too/again. Learn to ignore =
the pessimistic and demotivating shouts of some poor men. Concentrate on =
the fascination to radiate a signal from a piece of wire on a wavelength =
of 2200m and how it propagates.
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> 73, TU, Stefan/DK7FC
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