Re: LF: Weekend activity

["john currie" <john.currie@ns.sympatico.ca>]

Hi Jim I am planning my transmitting station .  Could you send me details of 
your
ant?
   Is it end Fed/ Is it a vertical? What is ground system
       I could set up a long sloping wire 4 meters high at fed end 13 mtr high
at far end es 80 meters long.  How does that sound?
    I have license but no tx es no antenna hi
73 de John VE1ZJ

James Moritz wrote:

> Dear LF Group,
>
> Was very pleased on arriving at work this morning to see that W1TAG and
> W4DEX had been able to copy my 73k beacon on Saturday night - and also a
> bit relieved, since my temporary mast threatens to collapse entirely at any
> moment! Thanks for all the reports over the weekend and the hours people
> have put in looking for signals; for the record, the set-up here was:
>
> TX - Homebrew 1kW, modelled on "Decca" PA module
> Antenna - inv V, 40m overall length, 10m high at ends, 13m high in middle
> Antenna current 3.2A, estimated ERP 110mW
> Mode - QRSS120, 2:1 dash/dot ratio
> Location - nr Hatfield, 25km north of London, IO91VR
>
> I also had a few CW QSOs on Saturday - OM2TW and DL1SAN were new ones for me.
>
> I stared long and hard at the spectrogram display, trying to see ZL6QH; at
> one point on Saturday afternoon I thought I could see a possible signal at
> the nominal dash frequency +0.05Hz, but when I looked again later I decided
> it was just wishful thinking on my part.
>
> So as others have said, it has been a pretty good end to the year on LF,
> although on the negative side, the QRM level at my QTH is noticeably worse
> than at this time last year. Still, I am looking forward to the arrival of
> Father Christmas, and all I need now is a 50ft long stocking for my
> presents (well, there's always hope!).
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU