Thanks Andy. I expected this to be the case, but hope springs eternal! OK, back to the drawing board. Martin GW3UCJ. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It 'would' be possible if you :- 1) Know the command's n
Thanks Jim - yes, this is what I'll do. I just thought that keying the sig gen sounded a bit more elegant. And I need only on-off keying, for CW and maybe OPERA, so relay keying it will be. Martin GW
Good morning, gentlemen. I hope that this posting doesn't offend anyone, but it is on topic - there are two items on eBay UK which may be of interest to the LF community: Wandel & Goltermann SPM-3 Se
(clipped.....) Usually the problem is not the reciever, several epople have used Direct Conversion and simple TRF set-ups, it is the aerial and the local noise level that determines what you can hear
I am using a rather old Kenwood TS940 with Dave,s pre- amp which performs very well with a built in 270 Hz crystal-filter combined with the built in Audio Peak Filter which reduces a lot of noise .Th
OK well my penny-worth is to get an elderly TS440, 450 (and I believe the 140 is OK too but I don't know it) Sensitivity isn't the only consideration you need excellent stability too which rules out
How about doing Alberto's mod to the 950 which bring it up to 850 performance? http://www.qsl.net/i2phd/TS950/change.html Dave. Hello Dave - yes, I know about Alberto's mod - very impressive, and I w
Good morning all. I'm Martin, GW3UCJ, located in the Swansea Valley in South West Wales. It's a very poor radio location, surrounded by hills. I've been interested in 136 for several years, listened
Any advice from those more knowledgable / experienced than me? Mike, G3XDV == Mike - get to know a BT engineer and obtain some 6mm diameter "BT Drawrope". This is blue, but the smoulder test indicate
Thank you Victor. That is very helpful You have a very good signal into South West Wales. 73 Martin GW3UCJ -- Original Message -- From: "Victor van kooten" <[email protected]> To: <rsgb_lf_group@bl
CPM is again O with dogbones. FNY is a solid O. Could anyone give me exact frequencies of these two stations so that I can set my receiver calibration correctly, please? I currently make them 137.719
In a farm goods supplier today - we've got many of these in West Wales - I noticed plenty of fittings for electric fences - hefty insulators and brackets of all kinds of shapes, all designed for 10KV
If you want a copy of this fine publication, folks, there's thousands of them for sale on www.bookfinder.com Just do a search for "Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy". And take your pick. For UK/EU buye
Thanks Ko - this looks like it. It all helps to encourage me to get my setup sorted out! Martin. drifting -- -- -- -- -- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0642-6, 10/22/
I'm currently (17:18 GMT) seeing a weak signal on 137.685, slowly drifting LF, apparently calling CQ but too weak to read. Martin, GW3UCJ, Swansea, IO81CR.
Try setting the rig to 499.99kc and use the RIT to go up into the 501kc band. No more attenuator!!! That's what we do on 505-510kc here in the US. Mike WE0H WD2XSH/16 That's a super tip, Mike - I've
