To Dick,PA0SE et al I coupled up my LF antenna and loading coil for the first time for several months to take a look at the QRM level from the new Loran station at Rugby in response to Dave G3YXM,s r
Mal, I am glad to say that your comment regarding experience of frequent failures of FETs in the 1Kw Decca 5501 amplifiers in use on the LF bands (including 73Khz) is as ever, a load of codswollop! I
Hello William, PA0WFO, Thanks for your report on our signals from MB2HFC at the HFC convention. I did hear your signals briefly through the local noise and the Loran QRM and I thought that you were c
Hi LF'ers The RSGB will again this year be running the HF Conference HFC2005 at the Gatwick Worth Hotel just outside Crawley in Sussex over the weekend 7/8/9October and the special event station MB2H
Mal, I am pretty sure from looking at the illustration in my RS catalogue that the Decca 5501 module socket is the same as RS socket part number 447-112. I will however have a look if there is one st
Dear LF Group It is hoped that the special event station MB2HFC will be QRV on 136kHz from the RSGB HF Convention being held again this coming weekend in Crawley, West Sussex (IO91VC) at various time
Dear LF Group, I am advised by Peter Tribe G0VVE that he has available for disposal a complete unmodified 1Kw Decca 5501 TX. It was one of the original batch of transmitters which appeared when the D
Hi Peter, You could try Sycom (Sion Trading) for components especially toroids I think these days he is open only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tel 01372 372587 or Fax 01372 361421. I don't think he has
Hi Scott, I have carried out a number of tests on the MiniWhip cct. and like you, I found that at +12V DC supply there were signs of inter-mod products - such as weak phantom broadcast stations just
Hi Dave, - This is my second atempt to send this message, - For some reason the PC sent the first attempt before I had finished it! Thanks for the QSO on the 600m band - it was my second QSO on 500kH
Attn Dave, G3YXM, Hi Dave, On 21/03/07 you wrote < Whoops! Sorry about the QRM> No problem Dave, I could hear your in CW calling in beacon mode abot 501.5kHz and Dave G3WCB on QRSS3 at the same time
SM6BHZ beacon is audible here on 505.1 in IO91VC in Crawley West Susex with a good signal at about 569 sending callsign and QRSS10 from 20.00 onwards. Some slight QSB. Antenna is a temporary lash-up
G3YXM presently coming in at RST 549 in IO91VC Crawley West Sussex at 16-00hrs sending CQ, QSX 3555 on approx 503kHz received on a random piece of wire on FT817 via upconverter to 4.503MHZ. de Derek
Hi Mal, Thanks for our CW QSO this morning - my first on the new band. Completed the TX the night before but at the moment I am restricted to using a very poor temporary long wire antenna which is 13
Hi Dave, Thanks for the QSO on the 600m band - it was my second QSO on 500kHz since receiving the NOV on Thursday, my first being on Saturday AM with Mal, G3KEV up in Scarborough. You were a strong "
Dave, Congrats on getting signal on air. Look forward to hearing it. Have modified my 73/136kHz generator to give 504kHz instead of 73kHz and have a modified ENI wide band driver amp giving up to 10W
Ian Just heard your test call/CQ on 500.2kHz at18-50 UTC Good signal at 579 in Crawley Sussex IO91VC. Richard G4BBH visited my QTH earlier today and told me that you were about to beome QRV on 500kHz
