Alan Melia wrote: It obviously good ballooning weather as there is a good signal from Steve, but it does seem a bit noisy here tonight, and he is not getting many answers. You're right there, Alan -
The balloons here at GW4ALG are flying well and the local noise level is dropping . . . But a strong intermittent carrier is clobbering 136.5 kHz, the most commonly-used frequency for normal CW opera
Hi All, I managed to get the helium-filled balloons up to 27 m last night (Friday) from my small garden, and had good QSOs with Dave GM3YXM/P (New Galloway); Wolf DF0WD; and Werner ON6ND. I also hear
The air in Chepstow is cold and still, so I will try to get my balloons flying tonight (20:00 - 23:00 UTC)- perhaps to 27 m. Skeds welcome. Contact me if you would prefer a sked 05:00 - 07:00 tomorro
Hi All, A local radio station reported recently that Wales has had rain every day since the 10th September. All this wet and windy weather has resulted in very little opportunity for me to operate on
Hello Claudio! In my usual home I have two other Xtals, one for 135.975 kHz and the other one for 137.525 kHz. May be that one of those is good for a beacon? For the next week-end I change the freque
Hi Claudio! You wrote: I'm planning to transmit some slow CW beacon from 7 to 10 december. My working conditions: QRG 136.375 kHz, Pout about 100W, 30 m wire antenna, QTH locator is jn45pu 50 km nort
For information: Johan has even been able to send me the Philips data sheets for 3F3 and 3C85! Thanks again, Johan! Wilfried will be delighted. Regards to all, Steve GW4ALG
Dear All, I have received an Email from Wilfried DL5SWB reporting that the link no longer works from my web site to the Philips 3C85 data sheet previously at: http://www.acm.components.philips.com/pd
I`m looking for tube sockets type "Magnoval". These have 9-pins and used for PL509, PL519 etc.... In the UK, the valve bases are known as type 'B9D', if that helps anyone to find a source of 10 base
Hello Dick Although family commitments make it difficult for me to operate on Saturday and Sunday mornings, I will attempt to operate late morning on Sundays if the band sounds too quiet. Over the pa
I find being repeatedly flamed in e-mail a disturbing and depressing experiance. OK, Peter. Fair enough. In relation to the most recent incidents on 136.4 and 136.5, I think that I probably have ove
Hi Alberto - Greetings from Chepstow! receiver. Thank you for the opportunity to clarify my question above. Let's take a look at the 136 kHz band in more detail . . . It is my understanding that, whe
Good morning, Steve Olney! I think that you've missed the point, old chap. You see, I rather like having people around me. Without them I'd get frightened and lonely. So you wouldn't find me living i
Hi All, Also, a warm welcome to Bill G6NB who has recently joined this Reflector. Bill, a keen LF experimenter since July 1998, has now 'u n s u b s c r i b e d' from the LF Group. I last worked Bill
Sometimes a fellow amateur tells me he would like to become active on LF and asks my advice. I tell him/her to buy The low frequency experimenters handbook and/or the older Source book and to read wh
Hi All, Regular users of 136 kHz will have noticed that keen experimenter Bob, G8RW has not been active on 136 over the past few days. His absence is due to a fault on his TS850, which is being repai
Measuring the coil Q revealed that having the coil elevated about 70cm above the floor (concrete) resulted in a Q of 300 and when putting the coil directly on the floor with the lowest turn about 5c
Jack to move his segments. You can I agree with Dave. There are several CW stations that operate around 136.5 kHz - and many of those stations do not monitor this Reflector, or are not equipped for
