Mike Dennison wrote The local noise problems are getting worse. I now have two TVs, several computers and a light dimmer causing me trouble. It is very rare to be able to listen to the atmospheric no
Good morning from ZL where the QRN is reducing as winter approaches. Walter G3JKV mentioned the RF Design article on low power LF propagation. Nat ZL3VN and myself have regular QSOs using backyard si
Good morning all number of active stations on longwave it would be beneficial to establish a activity hour for regular working days.Maybe from 19 to 20 zulu would be ok for the continental and Britis
Hello all It's been interesting following the discussion on the possibility of crossing the Atlantic with amateur LF signals. Although the frequency is much higher it may be relevant to mention that
Hello Rik you wrote: Another alternative is replacing the discrimation of dashes and dots from the time-domain to the frequency domain. This would mean that 'dashes' and 'dots' have the same length (
Another useful item at the farmers supply shops is one metre long fiberglass rods which make very good spreaders for multi-wire top loading. Mike ZL4OL
Hi all G3KEV wrote: The antenna would consist of 3 inv L antennas in parallel each one 130 ft vertical and each top section 400 ft long. Wire used is 2.5 mm insulated with suitable marine insulators
Yes, well put Steve. It's such a pity to spoil a wonderful reflector with so much malcontent. We had an interesting LF test round last Thursday night with most signals in the South Island enhanced by
There was an X-class flare (biggest) on the 21st (Tuesday) and at 1848UTC on the 23rd (Thursday). Thanks for the flare info Mike. The tests were Thursday evening here so preceded the second flare but
Steve The other consideration with giving S-meter readings on LF is that there is often a reasonably steady 'noise floor' punctuated by static crashes which may be pinning the meter for a fair bit of
The naval station on 147 kHz in Hawaii is also off the air I think. Neither station has been heard down here for some weeks. Is there much QRM in West coast USA around 160 - 190 kHz ? Does it make an
