Return-Path: X-Spam-DCC: paranoid 1169; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on lipkowski.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL, HTML_30_40,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=3.1.3 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by paranoid.lipkowski.org (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id t3MISpX1023320 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:28:51 +0200 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1YkzHe-0005OA-D2 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:22:02 +0100 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1YkzHd-0005O1-VF for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:22:01 +0100 Received: from mail-ob0-f181.google.com ([209.85.214.181]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1YkzHb-0002Vm-VR for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:22:00 +0100 Received: by oblw8 with SMTP id w8so177653126obl.0 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:21:58 -0700 (PDT) X-DKIM-Result: Domain=gmail.com Result=Good and Known Domain DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=xfO5YT9rWr6SewBnPvHgzE4ByAlPPZ+qUfGfaaVMoKs=; b=PcWm0Ubeu8ybXPtxGxW+0x7C02mrd/o9doaQwziOzBsNvlvS1DUY7hgRFMj5NHHc5d DSXijidp8MDgaI3xEDNoWcI2dVHaGm9gLB5eHSvun2yZaZ0h8nnU3GuciFqiaFcFseX1 3jPF3ZdLot8WtRiJjVUYotDpBdSZxvvjEzepxB7kKKRJIFSu5IpaVX40royA3NoBlfBA LDyrU456PV4wD2e6A8TxZPVuYAaFLPMZRBo5l0joSeGD/z6SFxPKLZIAf3FGJ6H6zvTq urF+wK3ndltStr7W7DRijv4Drwa/a7S9d0+yZmoauLBl4m2fYcFS3+QhliGm+qgFDRxv Vjxg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.255.231 with SMTP id at7mr24929375obd.20.1429726917801; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:21:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.8.97 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Apr 2015 11:21:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:21:57 -0400 Message-ID: From: Warren Ziegler To: "rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org" X-Scan-Signature: 027eb28428a0ed4e20e06b28d08cfc7b Subject: Re: LF: VLF earth-mode test today Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1134aaae0fbd270514543d43 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-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 10.1.3.10 Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2992 --001a1134aaae0fbd270514543d43 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Harry, Glad to hear that you are still following the LF amateur world! Your Deccan from the Isles of Scilly is still in service at my QTH! 73 Warren K2ORS On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, Harry Woodhouse wrote: > Dear Roger, > > Delighted to hear about your activities again! You were an > inspiration to me in the past. > > Best 73s, > > Harry Woodhouse G3MFW (now 85 and > struggling!) > > On 20 April 2015 at 22:10, Roger Lapthorn > wrote: > >> As many of you will recall I had a cerebellum brain bleed in September >> 2013. I was in hospital for 3.5 months and not at all well. Thankfully, I >> am still recovering, albeit very slowly. >> >> Today I did my first proper earth-mode VLF field test at 8.976kHz from >> the QTH we moved in to just before I was taken ill. I was using the 5W >> QRSS3 beacon into the same earth-electrode set-up used successfully at >> 472kHz. I went to a RX test site I'd used many times before when TXing from >> the old QTH, where I used to get strong signals, but this time there was *absolutely >> no copy at all*. I even tried 0.3km from the new QTH without success. >> Clearly, whatever utilities were helping at the old QTH are *not* there >> at the newer QTH. From the old QTH, 6km had been spanned by utilities >> assisted earth-mode with the same 5W QRSS3 TX. >> >> Altogether a very disappointing day, but this was my first field test in >> over 18 months. More details and photos on my blog at >> http://g3xbm-qrp.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/vlf-field-test-total-failure.html >> . I am sure there will be a good explanation for these results. >> >> After the tests I was exhausted. In the past this test would have been >> trivial. Value good health, as you do not know what is around the corner! >> >> 73s >> >> Roger G3XBM >> > > -- 73 Warren K2ORS WD2XGJ WD2XSH/23 WE2XEB/2 WE2XGR/1 --001a1134aaae0fbd270514543d43 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Harry,

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Your Deccan from the Isles of Scilly = is still in service at my QTH!
73 Warren K2ORS


On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, Harry Woodhouse <hwoodhouse3@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Roger,

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=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2= =A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0= Best 73s,

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On 20 April 2015 at 22:10, Roger Lapthorn <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
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As many of you will recall I had a cerebellum brain blee= d in September 2013. I was in hospital for 3.5 months and not at all well. = Thankfully, I am still recovering, albeit very slowly.

Today I= did my first proper earth-mode VLF field test at 8.976kHz from the QTH we = moved in to just before I was taken ill. I was using the 5W QRSS3 beacon in= to the same earth-electrode set-up used successfully at 472kHz. I went to a= RX test site I'd used many times before when TXing from the old QTH, w= here I used to get strong signals, but this time there was absolutely no= copy at all. I even tried 0.3km from the new QTH without success. Clea= rly, whatever utilities were helping at the old QTH are not there at= the newer QTH. From the old QTH, 6km had been spanned by utilities assiste= d earth-mode with the same 5W QRSS3 TX.

Altogether a very disa= ppointing day, but this was my first field test in over 18 months. More det= ails and photos on my blog at http://g3xbm-qrp= .blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/vlf-field-test-total-failure.html . I am sure t= here will be a good explanation for these results.

After the t= ests I was exhausted. In the past this test would have been trivial. Value = good health, as you do not know what is around the corner!

73s=

Roger G3XBM



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