On the main tv news a few minutes ago it stated that statistics shows CINEMA has survived the digital age and is more popular than ever. I relate this to MORSE and it will survive in spite of all the
If we want the old timers back and new blood on LF then get back on NORMAL CW. At present it seems to be the TAIL WAGGING THE DOG with the few trying to convince the rest of us that we should go to p
If I had time I would put together a comic with appropriate cartoons for those that want to get started on LF. The comics/cartoons that have been produced in the past are costly and do not cater for
I have a bit of a problem with some recent mails. I agree that CW activity has decreased over the last months but I do not thing that QRSS is to blame for it. Apart from one case of unintentional QR
Dear all. What we are missing is G4GVC! I spoke to John recently and he is off the air whilst moving QTH at present. Prospects at his new QTH are not good. I am sorry that Steve feels the band has b
Hi Rik, I did a little test on saturday afternoon : I did put the lower part of the loading coil (that is normally in horizontal position) vertical (directly under the wire). I did measure the anten
The First qso between G and OM took place on NORMAL CW on the 05/02/2000 at 2119utc. Reports 559/559 I have now worked and confirmed 20 countries two way on 136 khz and 2 x band to EA1QX and GJ3YHU p
Further to Walters e-mail: Gamal says it all. It was impossible to keep the Decca coils tuned accurately and maintain phase constancy without the copper screening. This does not apply to radio amate
Mal, Rick etc. I am an amateur amateur, I experiment! I cage the coil, the ant current goes up by ten percent, therefore it's better ( several exclamation marks would go here but I only have one lef
I have just read some recent correspondence on this net concerning the pros and cons of placing the antenna loading coil in the shack or at the base of the vertical aerial wire. The loading coil is n
I visited an ex radar site during 1965 that was administered by Marconi as far as I can remember. This was located at Canedon, near South end on Sea. I think there were 3 wooden towers each around 30
Hello Lech and all. On a commercial transmitting site there are reasons for caging the loading coil but it does not include enhanching the rf intensitity of the radiated signal, in fact the opposite.
Hello Derek/G3GRO Sorry to hear that you are in Hospital and I hope it is not serious and you will be back home soon to be tormented by the LF qrm !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 73 de Mal/G3KEV
Hi friends, here comes an update on fieldstrengths from the UK for saturday 20:20 ... 23:25 UT. In spite of the range of QSB over the hours, it should give an indication of relative radiated powers.
Hi Dave Sorry to hear about your misfortune and I hope you get it all going again soon. The correct place for antenna loading coils are directly beneath the vertical drop wire of the vertical if it i
All the mail today with contradictions about who really heard or worked VE1ZZ seem confusing. The telephone should be OUT. Either aim for two way on 136 khz or use xband but email and telephones conf
Dear LF group, OK on the loading coils - my current loading coil is over 500mm diameter, so ready-made containers to fit it are hard to come by. I'm suprised that people have had success with coils e
g4cnn in a recent message wanted me banned from the reflector. How many signatures did you get and what is the result. It matters not to me whether you succeed or not there are other avenues open to
Hi All, Jack best I have seen tonight at 23.00, every dot and dash clearly visible and solid. Quite a lot of QRN, but QRSS effectively removes its effects. Unfortunately, Dave, MM0ALM, is clearly un
Om do not blame Dave/MM0ALM for operating normal cw on the correct frequency. Suggest you contact Jack/VE1ZZ and suggest he moves to the agreed part of the band for computer generated slow slow cw. D
