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GREETINGS LF GROUP.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE FROM A QRN FREE
SITE ON FRIDAY 5TH MARCH.
MADE SEVERAL CALLS DURING
THE DAY FROM 1130 UTC , HOWEVER I WORKED MY FIRST LF STATION OF THE
DAY AT 1505 UTC. HERE IS THE LIST OF STATIONS WORKED.
1505 TO 1526 G3RXH
HOWARD QTH SKIPTON ( HIS 2ND LF QSO) RST 439 ME
589.
1545 TO 1550 DF3LP
PETER QTH KIEL RST
429 ME 349
1556 TO 1603
DL0YE PETER QTH UNKNOWN. RST
429 ME 449
1612 TO 1617
G0UPU NO
INFO
RST 329 ME 569
1625 TO 1634
GW3XYW STUART QTH SWANSEA RST 559 ME
549.
THIS OPERATION WAS WELL WORTH IT AS I MADE MY
FIRST, AND THEN SECOND LF/LF
CW QSO WITH GERMANY.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE WORKING FROM A QRN FREE SITE
MAKES.
AFTER 1645 THE BAND GOT INCREASINGLY
BAD FROM STATIC CRASHES AND I
HAD TO CLOSE DOWN OPEATIONS.
MY HOME QTH NOISE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAVE GOT WORSE, OVER
THE WEEKEND, I
REDUCED THE SIZE OF MY ANTENNA, TO SEE IF I WAS GETTING MORE
QRN FROM RUNS OF WIRE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.........HAD NO EFFECT. IN
FACT I SPENT THE WHOLE WEEKEND MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO CURE THE
PROBLEM, TO NO
EFFECT. THE FINAL RESULT WAS TO TAKE DOWN ALL THE LF
ANTENNA SYSTEM.
I AM OFF THE AIR ON LF FROM MY HOME QTH, UNTIL I GET A
COMPLETE CURE FOR THE NOISE, THE ONLY OPERATION I CAN MAKE NOW IS FROM THE QRN
FREE SITE AT WORK,
THIS IS NOT EASY TO ARRANGE, AS YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND.
JOHN /G4GVC HAS MADE A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT
STATIONS PUTTING OUT GOOD SIGNALS BUT BEING UNABLE TO HEAR VERY
WELL. I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS, AS I DEVELOPED A GOOD TRANSMIT SIGNAL
BUT IN RECENT TIMES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO HEAR ANYTHING ON 136
KHZ. THERE IS NO POINT IN TRANSMITTING BLIND AND FOR LONG PERIODS IF ONE
CAN NOT MONITOR THE BAND. OTHERWISE ONE IS IN DANGER OF SPOILING IT FOR
OTHERS. THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME
WHO HAS TRIED CROSSBAND WORKING TO 80M TO OVERCOME THE
QRN ON 136KHZ.
I MAY IN THE PROCESS BE BLOTTING OUT AN LF
QSO WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
THERE MAY BE A
POINT IN HAVING LOW POWER BEACON TYPE TRANSMISSION'S ON
THE BAND , PERHAPS AT THE LOWER BAND EDGE. CERTAINLY A STEADY
SIGNAL
CAN BE A GREAT AID TO TUNING
UP AND WORKING ON A RECEIVE SYSTEM.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE LF GROUP FOR ALL THE HELP
WITH MY
QRN PROBLEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE ABLE TO OPERATE FROM MY
QRN FREE SITE NEXT FRIDAY
12TH MARCH , TIME APPROX 1100
UTC TO 1700 UTC, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO ARRANGE A
SKED , LET ME KNOW PLEASE.
73's FINBAR E I 0 C
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