HI there Hugh, Will look for you tonight but not available until about 2045z. What mode - QRSS3 or QRSS10? Radiating a return sgnal will be difficult but I shall try. Like you, 1A antenna current is
Last night I was witness to what can only be described as a cavalry charge at the low end of the band. Cuirassiers identified were, reading from the top of the screen:- Dave; Marcus; Peter; Mike, and
Just for the fun of it I am transmitting AYZ AYZon 60 sec dots just above the other two signals, and will run until either 0800 or the TX blows up - whichever happens first. Ian, MI0AYZ
Hi Markus, thanks for the report on last nights transmission. I was just testing for temperature and drift with a view to putting a pipsqueak QRSS60 signal out some T/A night just for the fun of it.
Recent exciting experiences with various types of capacitors (ALWAYS make sure that oilfilled caps are discharged and strapped before you put them in the junkbox!) were painfully recalled when I hear
Hi Tom, yes, good QSO last night and I shall return a card direct to when I receive yours. Agreed, F6BWO was the best signal, but I also failed to attract his attention! 73 de, Ian, GI8AYZ/MI0AYZ.
Finnagle strikes again. Apologies to anyone who called me last night and got no ack or who wondered whose was the very thin signal on 137.68something. I put a few more tapping points on the coil yest
HI Markus, Many thanks for the nice QSO this morning. You were solid 'O' and good copy in the ear. I did not look all over the band but there were several workable signals around 137.7 including OM2T
Back into the shack and in business again - at least for a while. RU6LA and S57AM good signals QRSS and copiable aurally between 2100 & 2230 here. Called both but no luck with only 1A into the antenn
Thank you to all who made kind remarks and helpful suggestions. The coil is 18" dia., 24" long, 200 or so turns of 1mm silver plated PTFE insulated stranded wire. Vario of 600uH included and total av
Hi Ed, hi all, been workin the old socks off these last few days only to wind up where I started. Put loading coil outside last Friday and got an immediate worthwhile increase in antenna current. Eve
Hi Ed, hi all, tnx e-mail. System down at the moment (coffee time -vy important!) while struggling to improve antenna current. Work should be progressed enough for QRV on both bands around 1800z if n
Hi Dave, tnx for first GI/GM but we only just made it! As you started your final you were wiped out by one colossal 'wavy line' of the full set which are still there as I write and making life very d
Hi all, Firstly, for YXM. FB on the G-GM first (and Mike the 'eternal second'). I'm ready when you are Dave, if you want to pick a time tomorrow AM? Will check mailbox abt 0830, and my phone number 0
The MI0AYZ minibeacon will set out again on 137.7735 but starting at 0300 and ceasing at 0700 this time. Looking at the feeble trace on Jose's capture the other morning it really is a "verloeren hoop
Yes Alan, just done a quick check and about 2uV of noise on 136 and a bit less on 73. However this morning it all sounds very quiet but 'round midnight ' there was a lot more aggro, like about 20uV (
As it happens I checked out my TS850 yesterday and got the following figures in 270Hz bw, slope fully open, 10 dB S+N/N; 73 KHz, 0.5uV pd; 136KHz, 0.17uV pd. Admittedly the sig genny is not within ca
Came into the shack this morning at 0720 to find that the system had failed and had apparently not come on at 0430 as advertised. Have not yet found out why, as everything seems to be hunky-dory on t
