I have just spent two most stimulating days at the RSGB HF Convention. Since I was attending both as a professional for RSGB and an amateur as G3XDV, I worked hard, but also played hard too. Congratu
I have posted ten pictures of the LF events at last weekend's RSGB HF Convention on my web site. Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT) http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm
Tuesday 12 October QSO with PA2NJN using extremely slow CW (Q{HYPERLINK "lf.htm" \l "qrs"}RSs). Reports were 'O'/'O'. The 47th station worked on 136kHz. Thursday 14 October HeardOH1TN (539). Saturday
As I recall the discussion at Windsor, John, G3WKL, announced that IARU Region 1 had agreed not to have any bandplanning on the 136kHz band. However, there were some guidelines agreed which would hel
Saturday 23 October Got up at 0530 UTC and put out several slow and fast CW calls. Didn't hear anyone for two hours! Band noisy with man-made noise and static (when will the QRN season end this year?
I am going to Pembrokeshire, south-west Wales, a few days later than planned owing to work pressures. I expect to be there from Thursday evening (28th) until Wednesday morning (3rd). If all goes well
At long last, on Tuesday 26 October we had an evening with low QRN. There was a lot of activity (GW, GM, EI, G, PA), the best of which was IK5ZPV at a consistent 559. Unfortunately Valerio was listen
Monitoring at night [in ZB2] showed an increase throughout the hours of darkness peaking at 02.30 to 04.00. Signal levels began to drop at around 2 hours before dawn. The signal level difference was
Yesterday evening I listened between 2000 and 2200 and the QRN was very bad again, but it was noticeable that EI0CF at 479 and MM0ALM at 599 were two s-points up on their normal daytime signals. They
Saturday 13 November Very bad QRN, though conditions good with the Greek RTTY between S7 and S9 all day. Very little activity. Heard G6NB (579) Saw on Spectrogram, QRSs from PA2NJN ('O'). Worked on Q
At the weekend, I tried using a tuned radial instead of my earth stakes. This followed Finbar's recent success. I ran a single wire up the garden - about 20m - one metre high. I tuned it by using it
I would be glad to supply detailed instructions on the process to anyone contemplating the re-crystallization (?) of a Ropex. 73 Andre' N4ICK ** Andre, I will be getting a Ropex Tx as a Christmas pre
I dont find QSOs that last 30minutes a problem. In any case I have listened to 'fast' rubber stamp QSOs that last that long!. The relaxed atmosphere of waiting for the reply to emerge on slow CW is t
Thanks to all who responded to my previous mail, it seems that others had similar ideas to increase the transmission speed for visual-CW. For those who also appreciate the 'therapeutic' value of vis
I've noticed that, whilst there is naturally a lot of discussion on the reflector about transmitters and antennas, there is relatively little about receivers. Since I have a strong preference for un
At the risk of appearing ignorant - what is a Ropex "First"?? I assume it is a 136kHz transmitter, but what's the spec? Also, are there any other commercial LF rigs on the market in Europe (other tha
GW4ALG wrote: When I arrived home from work at 18:30 UT, I listened briefly to 136 kHz before our evening meal. I heard a very strange noise across the whole of the 136 kHz band. It sounded rather li
I wonder if someone could please describe for me the sound of Loran so I may identify the signal in future. Peter, G3LDO, first descibed this as "galloping horses" which a good description of Loran i
