Hi Andy, I hadn't planned to be on again tonight but that is a good idea if not QRL elsewhere. Thanks and 73 Joe Hello Joe. Sorry, but there was an unknown strong carrier coming from south just on yo
Hi Mike G3XDV and Graham and Group, Thanks for the captures and reports. It seems the weekend was fraught with QRN QSB QRM and poor condx. Oh well, a good excuse for another event. Thanks to Steve VE
Thanks for monitoring Andy. We shall have to try again soon, 73 Joe Hello Joe. Sorry, but there was an unknown strong carrier coming from south just on your QRG 477.7 It was 569 on S meter with the K
Dear Group, The TX seems to have stopped hissing and appears to be working. 40 watts to the monopole until 1000 UTC 10 Nov. Reports welcomed. 73 Joe VO1NA
Hi Graham, Jean-Pierre and group, Thank-you JP and Graham for the reports. This was the first attempt with the new exciter comprising 7493, 7400 and 4427 chips wired on a bit of perfboard on the bott
Hi Laurence and Graham, Group, An XE reception would be nice, but more ERP would improve the odds. OK with me on the claim, Graham -- thanks for promoting the op stuff. Will try again tonight, pendin
Hi Graham, It seems like poorer condx but it could be TX trouble too. There's a sharp spike & ringing on the leading edge of the square wave as it goes from the 4427 to the hexfet gate. Putting more
Hello all. This is encouraging news after last nights fried fets, flashing fuses and ICs. It is as if there there is parasitic coming from the new exciter so an older version was tried last night. Th
Hi Graham and Group. Good reports from J-P F1AFJ Mike G3XDV and Andy F6CNI and a possible trace from Laurence KL7L/XE3! and getting receptions at 3 stns on this side of the pond too -- certainly good
Many thanks to all who sent reports. Another encore at the opera is planned again for tonight. 73 Joe Hello Joe Last night , copy your beacon . 73 J-P f1afj ** 14/11/2014 ** 06:36 477 VO1NA de F1AFJ
I think it might be best to wait for the winter quiet and for QRO on this end, Christian. At the moment, the TX is 60 watts. I can try a cw beacon on Saturday if you want. 73 Joe Hi Joe, I will be qr
Thanks Graham, Seems G8HUH first off the starting blocks. 73 Joe First in Joe G, 21:05 477 VO1NA de G8HUH Op8 -30 dB F:13% in Somerset IO81mg -- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 201
Hi Markus, Thanks for this. I'll be watching tonight! 73 Joe Also running both opds-8 and wspr-2 monitors tonight... DF6NM JN59NJ Opds-8 correlation 478.45 - 478.55 kHz 2014-11-14 01:11:56 VO1NA 4563
Hi Christian, Started 1948 utc. 100 watts output. Good luck! 73 Joe When do you start, joe? GMT? Christian Groeger [email protected] schrieb: Dear Group, I'm very grateful to all who sent reports and ran
Roelof, JP, Wolf, Laurence,Alan, Mike and Graham and anyone I inadvertently didn't mention -- your reports and observations are most gratifying, even if you didn't hear the bad-tempered TX! As dusk a
Dear Group, Conditions on 630 are picking up. J-P, Joe and Jean had good visuals and Roelof's audio was good to hear. The miniwhip is amazing. The TX is behaving itself -- no hissing, just the grunts
Hi Nicolas, The beacon comprised a call sign, gn/rd anntenna id and a 5 s carrier. Your spectrum looks very much as if it captured the sigs. 73 & TNX Joe Joe what is the transmitted message with your
Evidently conditions are deteriorating again. Well done on the aural reception yesterday - it was good to hear! Tonight, the TX will be 'off for maintenance' as I ponder QRO. Thanks to everyone who m