Very odd , nothing on the band from down south, I can see a low signal on
the birmingham grabber , but its not showing this end , wallasey , io83lk ,
I can normally see a few beacons at the top of the band , one during the day
, but for the last days , very little has shown , my background noise is
slightly lower a the moment as well , hovering round 2.5 / 3 on meter .
rx is skanti R5003 marine set
Graham
G0NBD. IO83LK ..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave G3WCB" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 12:01 AM
Subject: RE: LF: [500]: GM4SLV - report
John, LF, Finbar.
It looks like the extra work on the antenna has paid off - this is the
first
time I have caught sight or sound of your sigs... Definitely would be an
"O"
copy on QRSS, and maybe audible copy too, if the band was a bit quieter.
Finbar was also very strong here, RST 589 most of the time, with a little
QSB....things are looking up!
73 & GN de Dave G3WCB IO91RM
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of John
Pumford-Green GM4SLV
Sent: 11 August 2007 23:55
To: [email protected]; Finbar
Subject: Re: LF: [500]: GM4SLV - report
On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:35:32 +0100
"Dave G3WCB" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, John.
Clear traces of your signals during your QSO with Finbar. See
attached grab. You are very slightly HF of Finbar on 502.429.
I was able to catch one or two characters by ear as well. Make that
an RST "129", then!
73, Dave G3WCB IO91RM
Dave, LF, Finbar
Thanks for the screengrab and report Dave!
Yes I agree I was a bit HF, I rapidly retuned from 503.? where I'd
been beaconing in QRSS to ~502.5 when I heard him calling me - didn't
quite net exactly!
I did a bit of antenna work yesterday and seem to have improved things.
I now have 11m vertical with 4 sloping top loading wires (previously
only 8m vertical) and many more radials. I can get 0.9A of RF now when
previously I could only get 0.6A. Added to the extra height this all
adds about 4dB to my ERP - I can now actually achieve 100mW.
I got the best ever report from Finbar tonight - and had a good 2 way
QSO.
I'm now off to bed, after a tiring afternoon running 9 miles of hilly
Shetland roads followed by a session in the pub afterwards watching
rugby and drinking Guinness.
Cheers,
John GM4SLV
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