I was listening to Colin and G3DXZ here in Bracknell. A short recording of G3DXZ has been added to my list of recordings at http://my.opera.com/davews/blog/ - according to QRZ.COM he is in Retford, N
I think a QSO with you is wishful thinking at the moment with my 5mW erp.... but I have just had an excellent QSO with Colin G3VTT, our first decent chat. I was just making a little comment about bea
Well I can copy you well (539) in the gaps of G0MRF's beacon (on about 503.75). Both well inside even my 200Hz filter.... band ain't wide enough for all these beacons if we are to leave some room for
I am rather surprised at that Dave since you are not very far from me. Just checked again and 'UEP is easily copyable by ear just as he was on Sunday afternoon. Goes up and down a bit, at times Q5, m
DI2BE is 569 audible copy here in IO91PJ. Can't give you an accurate frequency as I don't have Argo running - it's round about 505.15 by ear... 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com
Mine came back within just a few days, but that was back in April. Most of you on here will by now know my opinion of QRSS and I do seem to be in the minority. Down here in the south there is enough
Yes I know Tom, called both of them many times and no response... The other night Chris G3XIZ told Adrian I had called him and put it over to me - then Adrian doubled with my transmission. Rather str
I assume from the title of the group that this refers to the UK 500kHz band, but who on earth are Peter and Graham? No callsigns. Where are they if all they hear is on the noise floor? This reflector
The second harmonic of RTE has always been present on 504kHz here, though normally only copyable by ear after dark. I am surprised you didn't know this, it has been occasionally mentioned on here and
If you have not found it already, you might also be interested in my transmitter - see http://www.davesergeant.com/mf/ I along with a few others use the Datong UC/1 upconverter (feeding my K2) and ge
Well I guess we will have to agree to disagree.... There are a lot of casual listeners to 500kHz who will not be aware of QRSS. Probably far more than ever listened to 136kHz. Whatever you say they a
I mentioned yesterday that after retuning my vertical I had a diabolical swr at the shack end. That turned out to be because the pa was going unstable when it saw a 50 ohm load!!! I have now done a f
Thanks for the QSO this afternoon Colin, we are getting there, admittedly a little slowly. I suppose this answers your last question, I have certainly been around and putting out the odd CQ call etc,
I have given Adrian calls in the past and he has obviously not heard me (and Bracknell to Swindon is not that far). I have also many times heard others having QSOs on top of him (G3VTT and G3XAQ were
I get various weak carriers from time to time in the band, which are not stable and drift. I have always assumed these are birdies coming out of my pc/router as is the somewhat stronger burble I get
I would suggest it is best to put the 'beacons', especially QRSS ones, close the top or bottom band edges allowing a margin for the transmit bandwidth - especially since those using QRSS have rather
Thanks, after I posted I did find Dave's mirror copy and retrieved the programs I was looking for (trying to sort out a potential new novice licencee at our club who wants to build a helical wound ve
I have just noticed that Reg G4FGQ's site, which many of us have used for his excellent programs, has now been removed (Reg became a silent key last year). You now either get a page not found or a co
I intend to do comparisons rather later in the year, when both 500k and 160m will come into their own for longer distance working at night. But my configuration using my Butternut 10m vertical on bot
