Dear Harry, I am very sorry to hear that you have had to close down on LF. Perhaps some day soon you can return to the airwaves again on LF from another qth. Thank you for giving me the opportunity o
Hi Alan/G3NYK. Just thought I'd bring you up to date on the possibility of working EI to OK. The riggers are just finishing off my new 300 metre tower ( with top loading ), only problem will be addin
Hi Geri, greetings. Very glad for you to put the story on your homepage. Hope we can work one another on LF, as soon as the Summer static clears. 73's Finbar EI0CF --Original Message-- From: 'Geri' K
Hi Alan, fine on the Malin Head Light and funny you should mention that. First time I pressed the key with the new setup I did notice the house lights in the village across the bay, dim a bit. In fac
Hi Petr, Many thanks for the information and suggestion, I'm already getting a submission together for the local tourist board based on your fantastic idea. There is even the possibility of going wor
Is it permissible to send photo's to the group. I have some shots of my LF gear and antenna system, plus the large ATU coil and tuning units etc. I have J.PEG them to reduce the size, average size ..
HI John /G4GVC. Many thanks for the fine LF qso on Saturday last, my first in weeks. Remember I mentioned that my RF amps were way down on normal at 2.2 amps, despite tuning for absolute max. My usua
Johan, Thanks for the info re the qrp atu. I do hope we can have an SM/EI qso soon. I have a better receiver now, so I hope that helps next Winter. Best regards Finbar EI0CF --Original Message-- From
Hi Doc, Found your comments regarding effects on Medium wave broadcast antenna systems very interesting indeed, and as you say, LF must be effected even more by surrounding objects, considering how n
BEACON ON 136.150 KHZ I have put on air an LF beacon, running H24, on 136.150 khz. This is of a temporary nature and the frequency can be shifted to accomodate those who have a problem with their xta
Hi David, tks for msg re my beacon. If the gear holds up, I will leave it on until Thursday or Friday. It's operation means I cannot listen to anything, so by that stage, I will probably pull the plu
Hi DAVID/G0MRF, I forgot to explain what H24 is. Well we use it in marine radio communication to denote say a station which is on for 24 hours a day. Like my own station where I work, Malin Head Radi
With regard to my Beacon on 136 khz, due to being QRL at work I have not had a chance to readjust the beacon freq to 136.150 khz. Would those listening for it note the freq measured by Dave G3YXM, wh
I read with interest the message from Dick/PA0SE, regarding his antenna system and fire. Earlier this year I had a similar problem, when running at high power. At first I used my antenna wire with it
BEACON ON 136.200 KHZ QRT 302259 UTC I have now closed down the beacon operating on 136.200 khz ( or thereabouts ). A big thanks to all those who contributed to the reporting of its signal. I even ha
QRS BEACON TEST ON 137.192 KHZ CRYSTAL CONTROLLED. I have put a qrs beacon on 137.192 khz this afternoon, using a crystal I found in the junk box , for 8777 khz/64 to give on air frequency of 137.192
Thanks to all those reporting my QRS beacon transmission on 137.192 khz and the Spectogram readouts, I am amazed, having never seen one before. This period of transmission was my first attempt at SLO
Eclipse Monitoring at Malin Head, Ireland. The following is a very non-tecnical monitoring of various frequencies during the period of the Eclipse, today 11th August 1999. Receiver ICOM R75, Antenna,
Hi Mike/G3XDV Really delighted to work you for the first 2 way on 136 khz on Saturday last, a real pleasure indeed. On your last over your signal kept getting stronger and stronger. However during yo
Following my exile to another radio station, I'm back at Malin Head Radio again. However my extensive LF antenna system came down in a recent gale and I have not had a chance to restore it to service
