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Thanks for monitoring and for this interesting information Roger.

I am back on MF with a new amplifier. Last night was a test run. 
Conditions were fantastic! Tonight I will be on looking for JT9 and 
CW QSOs, so  I expect propagation will be terrible. :-)

73,
Paul N1BUG


On 01/14/2018 11:42 AM, Roger Lapthorn wrote:
> Last night my incredibly poor system managed to copy 20 unique 
> stations on 472kHz WSPR. Best was N1BUG at 4940km. This is nothing 
> compared with the incredible work being done at VLF.
> 
> However, it may encourage others. My antenna is just the coax outer 
> to my 2m big-wheel antenna. This antenna is about 4m above ground. 
> The coax is at most 10m long and a lot of it is just 0.5m above the 
> ground. The ATU is a ferrite rod on the bench in the shack. My 
> ground is a mains plug and one ground rod. My RX is just the FT817 
> which is starting to get deaf at 472kHz.
> 
> Don't EVER say you cannot RX on 472kHz!
> 
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM