From Dave G3YMC A few comments on recent mails. Although I agree that by and large the stations with high good antennas stand the best chance for transmitting across the atlantic, small antennas do o
From Dave G3YMC Six months or so ago I regular copied IK5ZPV (and I5MXX) at 579. Lately his signal has been much down, 549. Is this change in propogation or has there been a change at his station? I5
From Dave G3YMC I also use a sharply tuned front end to my receiver, having a fixed tuned circuit at the input of my receive converter and a second one at the output of the FET preamp. Bandwidth is a
From Dave G3YMC I looked at the information and pictures on the Amrad site of the recent Nag's Head Dx-pedition today, which I found interesting. I note however there is no mention of either the DCF3
From Dave G3YMC Bob ZL2CA mentions the use of TV line output transformer cores for use as loading cores. In my TV business I replace quite a number of transformers, but to date I have tended to disca
From Dave G3YMC Don't all get too excited about the prospect of Rugby being off Tuesday. The 60kHz transmitter is indeed often off on the first Tuesday, but normally not until at least 10am and for o
From Dave G3YMC In spite of my pessimism yesterday, Rugby on 73.4 has been off periodically during today, the first Tuesday, between 0845 and 1500. It reappeared at intervals , and I thought they may
From Dave G3YMC Here are some more observations of my listening. At 0522 UTC, rtty stations on 130kHz : 559, 133kHz : 589, 137kHz : 569 and 139kHz : 549-559. If CFH on 137 is only 569 on his untuned
From Dave G3YMC Mike Dennison wrote: A puzzle is that, although I am giving reports about one S-point down on G4GVC's legendary receive system, an exception is HB2ASB who was barely audible with me i
From Dave G3YMC My analogue satellite receiver puts a carrier out around this frequency, and when I have had other Pace models in for repair I have noticed similar carriers from them. I only have my
From Dave G3YMC Toni HB2ASB wrote: Super condx last night with very low band noise: MM0ALM 599+, G3OLB 579. I5TGC was not only visible on spectrogram but also audible about 349/449! Cesare, it's real
From Dave G3YMC Unless your (and Rugby's) computer is not Y2K leap year compliant, today is quite definitely not the first Tuesday in the March! I can't imagine Rugby will be doing any antenna work i
From Dave G3YMC Greetings All: DCF39 was not visible at all last night, 31/1st. Was it possibly off the air? DCF39 has returned to regular spot tonight although the signal is weaker than usual. Larry
From Dave G3YMC But maybe the scattering centers are not only the rocks themselves: Bob Brown, NM7M, had a fascinating article in QST 12/99 "Bubbles in the Ozone Layer", suggesting that turbulent air
From Dave G3YMC The window of low noise on LF is closing fast here, if anyone can move quick to a good site please email me ASAP What is also closing fast is the winter propogation. CFH is now pretty
From Dave G3YMC I wish Larry and the VE team all the best for their forthcoming transatlantic tests - the choice of a period in November is excellent, and if there is a chance then (and December) is
From Dave G3YMC Yes I am aware that Peter was a keen supporter of slow CW. However after many pleasant QSOs with him years ago on Top Band I can also say he was a most enthusiastic and very proficien
From Dave G3YMC OH2LX in his signal measurements lists NIL copy on CFH, but at times between 2000 and 2230z. With summer approaching of course this is to be expected. I frequently listen around 0530z
From Dave G3YMC I have to replace the occasional surface mount chip in the TVs and Videos I repair, not that many, but growing. Everyone has their own technique, some of them unbelievable and some wh
Rik You report a RTTY signal on 82.7. I hear it hear very strongly, almost the same strength as Rugby on 73kHz. There is also a slightly weaker but still quite strong signal around 81.1. I have not i
