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The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Hi Bob, Yes as you pointed out 500kHz is a whole different ball game! 73 Warren On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Bob Raide wrote: > Warren; > That's my point-Jay and I have done it several times on 500. In fact, I > worked Finbar CW/SSB one early evening! > One would have to be more than just occasionally audible to make it-that > is certainly true. You or Joe would have the best chance being so close to > the Atlantic-and then you got to be able to hear them to make it a QSO-Bob > > > Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:55:30 -0500 > From: wd2xgj@gmail.com > > To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org > Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ > > Hi Bob, > > >I wonder if you or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137? > > I don't think anyone has ever made a cw contact by ear across the > Atlantic, but I've gotten sporadic reports over the years that my signal > is occasionally audible on a signal peak, but the peaks are not really > predictable. Also, I don't have a quiet enough QTH to hear 137 kHz signals > over that distance. Best bet would be if Joe VO1NA ran some power - he has > an easier and shorter path to Europe. > > 73 Warren > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Raide wrote: > > Stefan and Wolf; > I think 600/630 meters will always be most popular. You can operate with > WSPR 2 with 100 watts into a 50' vertical and make it into Europe quite > consistently. Doesn't work that way for 137 and is even more difficult on > 73. When fellas start winding inductors they don't realize how much > is needed to move resonance from 137 to 73. Antenna only has so much > capacity to ground and you have to make up getting to resonance with "L" > [allot of "L"]! > Many have fallen by the wayside when trying to get to 8600 kHz! The poor > soles wind a couple coils maybe a meter long by 6 or 7 inch diameter and > think that will put them right on 8000 kHz easily!!! Moves them maybe > several kHz lower but they see they still have 100 or more kHz to go! > 500 is just easier and isn't much different than 160. > I wonder if you or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137? Many of > us have on 500 [...] Content analysis details: (-0.7 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -0.7 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, low trust [209.85.216.176 listed in list.dnswl.org] 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (wd2xgj[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.0 T_DKIM_INVALID DKIM-Signature header exists but is not valid X-Scan-Signature: fcf77e2759cb043d8839e008dc214d5a Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1139b876d7ab4904f27ccced 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 --001a1139b876d7ab4904f27ccced Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Bob, Yes as you pointed out 500kHz is a whole different ball game! 73 Warren On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Bob Raide wrote: > Warren; > That's my point-Jay and I have done it several times on 500. In fact, I > worked Finbar CW/SSB one early evening! > One would have to be more than just occasionally audible to make it-that > is certainly true. You or Joe would have the best chance being so close to > the Atlantic-and then you got to be able to hear them to make it a QSO-Bob > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:55:30 -0500 > From: wd2xgj@gmail.com > > To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org > Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ > > Hi Bob, > > >I wonder if you or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137? > > I don't think anyone has ever made a cw contact by ear across the > Atlantic, but I've gotten sporadic reports over the years that my signal > is occasionally audible on a signal peak, but the peaks are not really > predictable. Also, I don't have a quiet enough QTH to hear 137 kHz signals > over that distance. Best bet would be if Joe VO1NA ran some power - he has > an easier and shorter path to Europe. > > 73 Warren > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Raide wrote: > > Stefan and Wolf; > I think 600/630 meters will always be most popular. You can operate with > WSPR 2 with 100 watts into a 50' vertical and make it into Europe quite > consistently. Doesn't work that way for 137 and is even more difficult on > 73. When fellas start winding inductors they don't realize how much > is needed to move resonance from 137 to 73. Antenna only has so much > capacity to ground and you have to make up getting to resonance with "L" > [allot of "L"]! > Many have fallen by the wayside when trying to get to 8600 kHz! The poor > soles wind a couple coils maybe a meter long by 6 or 7 inch diameter and > think that will put them right on 8000 kHz easily!!! Moves them maybe > several kHz lower but they see they still have 100 or more kHz to go! > 500 is just easier and isn't much different than 160. > I wonder if you or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137? Many of > us have on 500 band-Bob > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:05:42 +0100 > > From: schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de > To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org > Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ > > Hi Wolf, > > Ah, now i see, it was my misunderstanding, sorry. > > 73, Stefan/DK7FC > > Am 15.02.2014 21:43, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf: > > Am 15.02.2014 21:34, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf: > > Am 15.02.2014 21:18, schrieb schaefer: > > Hi Bob, Wolf, LF, > > Am 15.02.2014 20:46, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf: > > Hello Bob and all, > > > It's much easier to put a good sigs out on 472 than 137 or 73. Countless > new modes to use and band conditions much more predictable on 600 meters. > > > I agree as far as PEP-versus-ERP is concerned. > > > Hah! Was that a joke? > > > That wasn't a joke. > That was a comparison of the efficiency of a LF antenna with an MF antenna. > > Please explain why you think this is a joke. > > Are you seriously saying that generating the same ERP on MF (now listen..) > is EASIER THAN ON LF ? > > 73, > Wolf . > > easier on MF than on LF of course ! > > > > > -- > 73 Warren K2ORS > WD2XGJ > WD2XSH/23 > WE2XEB/2 > WE2XGR/1 > > > -- 73 Warren K2ORS WD2XGJ WD2XSH/23 WE2XEB/2 WE2XGR/1 --001a1139b876d7ab4904f27ccced Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Bob,
=A0 =A0Yes as you pointed out 500kHz is a whol= e different ball game!
73 Warren



On Sat, Feb 15, 201= 4 at 9:07 PM, Bob Raide <rjraide@hotmail.com> wrote:
Warren;
That's my point-Jay and I have done it= several times on 500.=A0 In fact, I worked Finbar CW/SSB one early evening= !=A0
One would have to be more than just occasionally audible to make i= t-that is certainly true.=A0 You or Joe would have the best chance being so= close to the Atlantic-and then you got to be able to hear them to make it = a QSO-Bob
=A0

Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:55:30 -0500
From: wd2xgj@gmail.com

To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ

Hi Bob,
>I wonder if you or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137?=

=A0 =A0I don't think anyone has ever made a cw contact by ear acr= oss the Atlantic, =A0but I've gotten sporadic reports over the years th= at my signal is occasionally audible on a signal peak, but the peaks are no= t really predictable. Also, I don't have a quiet enough QTH to hear 137= kHz signals over that distance. =A0Best bet would be if Joe VO1NA ran some= power - he has an easier and shorter path to Europe.

73 Warren=A0





On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Bob Raide &= lt;rjraide@hotmail= .com> wrote:
Stefan and Wolf;
I think 600/630 meters will alway= s be most popular.=A0 You can operate with WSPR 2 with 100=A0watts into a 5= 0' vertical and make it into Europe quite consistently.=A0 Doesn't = work that way for 137 and is even more difficult on 73.=A0 When fellas star= t winding=A0inductors they don't realize how much is=A0needed to move r= esonance from 137 to 73.=A0 Antenna only has so much capacity to ground and= you have to make up getting to resonance with "L" [allot of &quo= t;L"]!
Many have fallen by the wayside when trying to get to 8600 kHz!=A0 The poor= soles wind a couple coils=A0maybe a meter long by 6 or 7 inch diameter and= think that will put them right on 8000 kHz easily!!!=A0 Moves them maybe s= everal kHz lower but they see they still have 100=A0or more kHz to go!
500 is just easier and isn't much different than 160.
I wonder if yo= u or anyone has worked T/A with CW by ear on 137?=A0 Many of us have on 500= band-Bob
=A0

Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:05:42 +0100

From: schaefer@iup.uni-heidelberg.de
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Sub= ject: Re: LF: LF Activity - G3XIZ

=20 Hi Wolf,

Ah, now i see, it was my misunderstanding, sorry.

73, Stefan/DK7FC

Am 15.02.2014 21:43, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf:
=20
Am 15.02.2014 21:34, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf:
=20
Am 15.02.2014 21:18, schrieb schaefer:
=20 Hi Bob, Wolf, LF,

Am 15.02.2014 20:46, schrieb wolf_dl4yhf:
=20
Hello Bob and all,
=20

It's much easier to put a=A0good sigs out on=A0472 than 137 or 73.=A0=A0Countless new modes to use and band conditions much more predictable on 600 meters.

I agree as far as PEP-versus-ERP is concerned.

Hah! Was that a joke?

That wasn't a joke.
That was a comparison of the efficiency of a LF antenna with an MF antenna.

Please explain why you think this is a joke.

Are you seriously saying that generating the same ERP on MF (now listen..) is EASIER THAN ON LF ?

73,
=A0 Wolf .

easier on MF than on LF of course !




--
73 Warren K2= ORS
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XGJ
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 WD2XSH/23
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XEB/2
=A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XGR/1

=A0



--
73 Warren K2= ORS
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WD2XGJ
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 WD2XSH/23
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XEB/2
=A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 WE2XGR/1

=A0
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