Thanks for the info Tom. This just adds to the weight of argument for an increased ERP limit. My 100mW just can't make it through to "normal" stations even though the path loss is acceptable. The rem
Chris, LF I'm off work today and just looked at the grabber here and see G3XIZ in QRSS (slower than 3 sec dots?) nicely at around 503.95. Not bad for daytime to Shetland. Cheers, John GM4SLV IP90gg
Hello LF, Since every 500kHz QSO is a milestone for me I thought I'd report another new station worked. I heard G3DXZ calling CQ at 18:35 UTC. I've answered many of his CQs in the past to no avail bu
Hello LF gang, That was some night! Worked a new G station in Chas G3DXZ. Worked the first ever GM - GM on 500 with GM4ISM (at 519km it even qualifies as "DX"!) Finbar GI4DPE was the lynchpin of the
Graham, LF, Thanks for IDing the PSK signal. Perhaps next time I'll have a look on top-band at the same time. Finbar told me in QSO tonight that he's sorted out a top-band antenna so a CW full-duplex
Hello Chris, LF I'm hearing Chris call CQ, very weak but readable in a very quiet band. Admittedly using a 30dB tunable pre-amp and 10Hz audio filter! Have relied to the CQ many times but no joy. Oh
Hello LF, I've just heard (20:03 UTC) a weak but readable CW signal from G3YXM on 502.7kHz. I hear Mal G3KEV now calling CQ on 502.5 at the same time! Regards, John GM4SLV
Thanks Dave for the report, yes things are picking up now! I put the QRSS on just to give an identifiable trace on Dave's grabber, I would never consider a real QSO in that mode! I had short QSO with
Now copying by ear and eye G3YXM calling F6BWO on 502.8 in QRSS-3 There's some PSK type sig fading up and down in the noise on 503 - only just visible on the grabber. Not sure who it is. There's some
Hello LF, After a few CQ calls I've put a QRSS transmission on 502.2 for a few ninutes and see my signal on Dave's grabber in Birmingham. That must be a first for me!? I'm just about to try a FET tra
Hi LF, I've just looked into the shack for 10 minutes and see "IO83FK" in QRSS scroll by a few times but no callsign. Wionder if anyone knows who it is? That locator isn't on any of my lists of activ
Hello LF, I can hear G3DXZ calling CQ on 503.1 at 08:30 UTC. Not sure of his location. Going out now to run in a half marathon otherwise I'd try calling. Regards, John GM4SLV Grabber at http://www.si
Gary, LF, Thanks for the nice capture. I thought I'd put a signal on the band for a while as it looked quiet and I had some chores to do that meant I couldn't devote time to QSOs. In these circumstan
Lf, Mark, At last, another GM! For most G stations you'll be a lot easier to work than I am, as you're over 300 miles nearer England than me! Good luck and hope to see you on this evening for the fir
Hello Mark, LF Yes I can hear you calling CQ, and Finbar's slow CW beacon. The "MR" is likely to be G0MRF on 503.7. He keeps fading up on my grabber too. Goodnight for now, Must QRT John GM4SLV
LF, Chris, Brian I've heard some of the QSO between G3UNT and G3XIZ - needed some AF filtering and a bit of extra pre-amplification but copy of G3UNT was 439 and G3XIZ 2/3 2 9 on a quiet band. I was
I was just running the beacon for a while before bed. No time to play but thought it might be useful for others. I see it quite nicely on Dave's grabber. Cheers and goodnight, John GM4SLV
Thanks Gary for the report, I put the CW beacon on while I was doing other things around the house/shack, testing a new Calss-E MOSFET PA. Will turn it off soon and look for QSOs John GM4SLV
