Hi John
Most stns active on 500 have been hrd in DL, PA, EA etc so you should hr
them all at ur qth.
Lsn for me on 502.5 normal CW. If convenient work xband until u get going on
500 tx.
Normal CW is usual for this band with the odd operator on qrs or beacon.
73 de Mal/G3KEV/Scarborough
----- Original Message -----
From: "John GM4SLV" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:12 AM
Subject: LF: Getting QRV on 500kHz from Shetland?
> Hi gang,
>
> I've been following the discussions and reading around on the web for
> the last few weeks, after discovering rather belatedly that OFCOM had
> started issuing permits for 500kHz.
>
> My location is well offshore in the north sea, and some considerable
> distance from the active stations in the UK. Added to this is the fact
> that at this time of year we don't get any "night" at this latitude. I
> have listened around the "band" on a few occasions (eg when I've seen
> postings indicating there's some activity) using a 1m dia tuned MF loop
> I knocked together for the purpose. I've not heard anything yet. Part of
> the problem may also be a slight deafness problem with my AR7030 which
> should soon be rectified when the replacement parts for the front end
> filter & new first mixer IC arrive from AOR. It's currently about 10dB
> less sensitive than it should be after an accident with an antenna
> splitter and in IC706 (!)
>
> I've been following the chat on the reflector, and I take it that there
> is some actual "real time CW QSO" activity and not just QRSS beacons and
> the like?
>
> I've just grabbed a copy of the cct for Jim M0BMU's CW transmitter and
> will start gathering bits together.
>
> At present my only HF antenna is a GP that was originally a 20m 1/4
> wave, with feed point 2m agl, fed against 3 sloping radials. I recently
> added 3 capacity hat wires to drop its resonance to 30m as I prefer that
> band over 20m.
>
> I guess even with some base loading it's going to be a) too short and b)
> lacking in the grounding department?
>
> I can possibly put up an inverted with the top 8m AGL and 40m long for
> TXing, as there's an old electricity pole, unused, about 45m from the
> house. There are no trees to use as supports here! I only have one
> neighbour, who's house is about 60m from mine, for about 2 miles in any
> direction, so EMC shouldn't be a problem!
>
> Does anyone have any feelings as to whether I'm too far from
> civilisation to make this worthwhile? I'm exclusively a QRP CW OP (on
> HF) but 100mW erp on 500kHz might be pushing it from this remote
> location?
>
> Regards,
>
> John GM4SLV
>
> --
> G-GRP-Club 2377, QRP-ARCI 12384, SKCC 3214
> Member : RSGB, ARRL
> Elecraft : K2 #5542 / K1 #1672
> Shetland Islands (EU-012) IP90GG
>
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