Hello Lowfers, Concluding I would say that the only reliable way of finding radiated power is by measuring the field strength near the station. But preferably at say 3 or 4 kilometers distance and no
Hello, today I had the opportunity to follow a normal speed QSO between G3XTZ and G3YXM. I was not able to hear both stations mostly above noise level but I took a reading of the input level of both
Hello, after the first version of my message was chopped after the dot of "U dot K dot ", here is another try without those dots: Today I had the opportunity to follow a normal speed QSO between G3XT
So even if the calculated erp of two stations is the same we have to consider the surrounding terrain?< yes, Dave, it looks like this might make a difference. My first thought was that only obstacle
Graham, 73's all, I will watch with interest for ideas, and I will conduct a test to try the effectiveness of the preferred one. there is an option number (6): Give up transmitting on longwave, get h
Dear friends, with great sadness I heard that Peter, DJ8WL/DA0LF passed away. Peter was not only one of the active pioneers on LF but without his background work talking to various German and Europea
Hello Lowfers, I found the follwoing in the ARRL Letter Online (Volume 18, Number 19 of May 7, 1999): -- quote -- QRN vs QRNN? A member recently asked about the distinction between QRN and QRNN. A se
Hello lowfers, someone mentioned, that around midnight the conditions are sometimes good. Well, since we have a holiday today (Monday), I had the opportunity to check this yesterday night. Right, I h
I see from the equipment list that you're using an IC746. Is that directly at 136? < Hello Dave, I use the Icom 746 only as an IF at 200 kHz. Below 300 kHz or so it is not really working. I had the
What would be really useful is someone who can plot the station's signal strength at night over a long period on a chart recorder (there must be ways of doing this on a computer, too) so it can be co
Hello Gerald, OE6GOD/OE1GOD, Got 100 Pcs of IRF830 (500V/4,5A) and want to build a TX with it. Congrats! 100 pieces are an excellent FET pool to start with. But just a word of warning: I have burned
Hello Lowfers, many of you post their weekend activity report here, which I appreciate very much. After a very succesful weekend looking around for longwave stuff on a fleemarket (some of you say "ra
Again, my message was chopped off. I try it again ... Hello Lowfers, many of you post their weekend activity report here, which I appreciate very much. After a very succesful weekend looking around f
Hello Lowfers, while surfing through the internet I stepped over a free chat box option for homepages. I thought it might be a good idea to establish a way to communicate directly on the internet wit
Hello friends, Petr, OK1FIG makes a good point regarding information on activity: If a newcomer tries to listen to this band here and doesn't have info from the reflector (or other source) usually gi
Hello Lowfers, I tried to answer cq-calls from three different stations during the weekends (DF2PY, PA0LQ and OZ1KMR) without success. After a Slow-CW cq call only a very weak "?" came back, and DF8Z
Hello Mike (and others) what a surprise! A second time I jumped up and down. Saw on Spectrogram screen QRSs from HB9ASB who was audible at S1; and DK8KW (only 'M' on an extremely quiet band - actuall
I will build a better oscillator but in the meantime, unless I am causing anyone QRM, I will continue using what I am sure you will agree is a super technique for working DX. Mike, don't worry about
Hello Lowfers, after a couple of Slow-CW skeds failed in the afternoon or evening, I have logged the background noise level at my QTH throughout a 24-hour period (for details either see http://www.dk
