Re: LF: PLAYED OUT

[Roger Lapthorn <rogerlapthorn@gmail.com>]

Hi Mal.

G3XIZ continues to improve his station and has been copied at decent range on DFCW this weekend. Others, like me, are finding out more and more about through-the-ground VLF communications and are regularly copying UK and European stations on 8.97kHz by radiated DX. You've only to look on the news page of the Sub 9kHz Amateur Radio website to see just how much is going on on VLF. See https://sites.google.com/site/sub9khz/news 

Certainly 10m has been very good lately, with WSPR reports from around the planet with my 5W (or less) and a small wire halo antenna. 6m and 4m Es DX is also about to start and I'm hoping for some QRP DX on 4m with my homebrew transverter. See http://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp/Home/4m_transverter.

In my view it is not either/or but all and more.  

Good luck on whichever end of the spectrum you experiment Mal.

73s
Roger G3XBM

On 26 April 2011 08:19, mal hamilton <g3kevmal@talktalk.net> wrote:

Activity very poor over the easter weekend on VLF/LF/MF whereas all the other amateur bands were buzzing and some long haul acty on 10 metres.

Maybe it is time to abandon the lower frequencies and concentrate on the higher end like 10, 6 and 4 metres.

The results on VLF es LF es MF currently do not justify the effort, VLF acty from the UK especially poor in spite of several stations being permitted to operate on the 9 khz band.

Time for a change!!

de G3KEV

 

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