Dear All, I am currently changing my service provider. So this is just a short note to let you know about my new addresses, which can be used immediately: New Email address: [email protected] New
The recent high winds and heavy rain (plus visits to/from friends & family over the holiday period) resulted in low activity from GW4ALG over the past month. So I have particularly enjoyed my QSOs th
After 2 months of wind and rain, we finally had some calm weather in SE Wales. So I managed to get my 20 m balloon-supported vertical up on Saturday; and also kept the two helium-filled balloons flyi
1) Where can you get a met balloon in the UK. Are there any viable alternatives. I would also like to know a source of small meteorological ('met.') balloons of, say, 700 mm diameter, that have good
I have just measured my TX ant impedance(R term) and it is 120 ohm! much higher than I originally thought. It is of course all ground loss . . . . With the simple verticals which I use on 136 kHz, I
Bob ZL2CA wrote: . . . . Once the LF antenna has been "tuned and matched" using the likes of a (big) loading coil with taps or L match, the relatively small variations in reactance with changing cond
. . . . My receiving system here is not optimized yet either. I know I can do better on the RX side, a lot better. What we need today is a box that one can hook in the feedline to the antenna and wh
below 136.000 kHz (we have chose that segment, because here within Europ > there is much QRM . . . This is true. But we still have to be careful! Beaconing for extended periods close to 136.0 kHz at
Dear All, I have just had a telephone call from Bob G8RW to say that his Ropex TX has failed. He suspects that the PA devices have blown, after giving many months of reliable service. As a result, Bo
On Saturday morning I was getting a lovely 559 copy from Ossi OE5ODL but he took such a long time getting Steve's callsign right ( that's a-l-G! ) that he faded down before I called. I'm very sorry
Gave another station his first LF QSO on Saturday:- Look out for GW4HXO on 136kHz. Mike is located near St. Davids in West Wales. Congratulations on providing another 'first', John. When I spoke to
. . . I hope to be QRV later this evening on 73kHz. I am also working on my field strength measuring equipment, and hope to try it out later in the weekend. I am delighted to report an LF crossband
Thanks to those people who have sent signal reports via E-mail etc. and also gave these two old codgers ( sum of our ages 148 !!) verbal support. Once again, it's our older, more experienced, LF expe
From all accounts, the operation from Puckeridge has been an outstanding success. . . . I am sure many of you would like to join me in thanking those operators who put so much time and effort into th
Greetings Marc, F5MAF We are very pleased to have you on the LF Reflector, and hope that you will soon be making your first QSO on LF! Regards to all, Steve GW4ALG
. . . I received the following reply from the Editor of RadCom. Hello, Dick. It is RadCom style to use the following: 10V or 10 volt(s), 5A or 5 amp(s), 2W or 2 watt(s). With IF, RF and AF, capital
Larry Kayser wrote: I have four large toroids that were bought some years ago by a chap for use in amateur radio. I came into them after he passed on. They are labeled 144T500 - 3C5. I have seen some
Hi Tom, Bob doesn't monitor the reflector, but I have relayed your message to him. Bob sends his 73, and hopes to work you again soon. Regards to all, Steve GW4ALG
Hi Laurie, and a Happy New Year! If the Greek station will not bother John below 135.8, how about using your 135.722 frequency? The advantage would be that CW op's having simple receivers will be le
Hi All, I managed to get four helium-filled balloons flying from 14:30 yesterday (30/12/2000) at a height of 27 metres. Occasionally the breeze came up, so down came the balloons. But, overall, condi
