Many thanks John for the report,glad to know that the signal is getting through. Slightly lower power now that the trees are coming into leaf but probably not significant compared to the Ionospheric
Hi All, I dont know whats happening with the Ionosphere tonight. Both CFH and SXV are off. DCF39 took a 25db dive but is recovering now,most unusual. I will run the beacon again tonight,from 2230utc.
Hi John and all, This is a repeat of a much earlier message which does not seem to have got on to the reflector. Thanks John for the reports very pleased you saw me,some hope for the summer now. I am
Hi John and all, Many thanks John for the reports.Alan will be interested to hear that CFH is back. I will transmit again tonight from about 2230utc.Lets see what happens. 73s Laurie.
Hi all, I am not all that confident about conditions at the moment,although Solar flux and Sunspot no's have been down during the last few days.However we have had a lot of CME activity. But I will r
Hi John Dex and All, I am getting a very strong signal here tonight from SXV so will run the beacon again. Starting 2100utc on 135.922 DFCW 30sec dots. 73s Laurie
Hi Dex and John, Went to bed very early last night so did'nt see your messages until this morning so no X'mission last night. I fear conditions are very disturbed but will try again if you are going
Hi all, I am very keen on exploiting DFCW to its limit (after all its easy to implement) but it still needs to be speeded up. Because of the lack of timing of the FFT bins they tend to become blurred
John, I usually transmit until 0700utc,do you want to try tonight or shall we give it a rest and wait for better conditions? Laurie -- Original Message -- From: "John Currie" <[email protected]
Marc, I "pull" the xtal with a small capacitor,which I switch using a small relay. Only 2 or 3 pf needed, so I can just twist two wires together. Hope this helps. 73 Laurie.
Last Sunday night I worked G8TB in Purley for the first time. If you are new to the band Bernard welcome. If not new still welcome but I should be more observant! 73s all . Laurie.
Hi All, DCF39 is extreamly strong tonight (overloading my pre-amp) I dont know what this means, but have decided to run the beacon tonight .Freq. 135.922 KHz DFCW 30 sec.dots. 73s Laurie.
Tracey, I often think these things are more acceptable if they are individually worded. But that just my opinion,at least write.73s Laurie. -- Original Message -- From: "Tracey Gardner" <tracey.gardn
Hi All, Further to the recent revalations re the threat of PLC,could I suggest that we ALL write to our MPs, pointing out the threat to our hobby and also the enormous contribution that amateur radio
Hi Dex and all, I will transmit again tonight, just to see what happens! Lightning does'nt seem too bad over there. Freq 135.922 DFCW 30 sec dots. Start 2200 utc. 73s Laurie.
