It is my understanding that, by gentleman's agreement, QRSS operation (slow-CW/visual-CW) normally takes place within the range 137.4 - 137.8 kHz. For many months this arrangement did seem to work we
. . . . I put out a cq call which was promptly answered by John (G4GVC) with a huge signal. Even with my lossy 3 stage BPF and a 2k5 pot attenuate Johns signal was easy copy. John gave me a 578 repo
I will be on 136.8 at 20.30-21.00z mon-fri this week. Also in the morning at 04.00-04.30z. Suggestions for other (better) frequencies are welcomed. Ever since I started listening on 136 kHz, I've be
I don't think that we really need a bandplan. Without any operating guidelines, 136 kHz would soon become a very chaotic and frustrating band to operate. I believe that the adoption of a workable se
Just a few brief notes that may be of interest . . . Following the pruning of two trees in my neighbour's garden, the feed impedance of my 12 m vertical (at the cold end of my loading coil) has reduc
As has been commented before, it will be useful to start some night time DX tests (anyone who used 160m in the sixties will remember the sort of thing I mean). . . . . . Any takers? Definitely! I wo
Strong aurora is reported on 50MHz and 144MHz, last winter this was often a sign for good propagation on 136kHz in northern directions ! So if QRN is not too bad this might be a good evening on LF.
I plan to be QRV on 136 kHz between 03:00 and 05:00 on Sunday, 21st November, weather permitting. I am very interested to learn more about LF propagation between these times, so I hope some DX statio
This report is in 3 parts: General Operating; Early Morning Test Results; and Noise Canceller. General Operating ** What an exciting weekend on LF! Saturday, 20th: 06:00 HB9ASB (12 m vertical; sent 5
. . . what about a sked on sunday morning at 3:00 UTC? How will we proceed to reach a high probability of qso? Yes! Hopefully, propagation will be as good as when Christer and I did a similar test t
Sunday, 5th: 03:18 G3AQC (20m vertical; sent 599, received 579). Laurie then went QRT with suspected RX antenna problems. 03:26 G0MRF (20; 559, 569). David then went Visual CW. 07:00 PA0BWL (20; 349,
. . . Just a cautionary note about the use of plastic tubes to support LF aerials. Water collects inside the tube (if it is horizontal) and RF then tracks along it and the whole thing catches fire..
