Hello Mike (and others)
what a surprise! A second time I jumped up and down.
Saw on Spectrogram screen QRSs from HB9ASB who was audible
at S1; and DK8KW (only 'M' on an extremely quiet band - actually
the weakest station I have ever successfully received - but another
new one). Called DK8KW but no reply.
You should see my antenna in the moment. Everything that can be done
wrong (following the theory) was done wrong: not heigh enough, not
sufficient ground, one top-wire is broken at the moment, between the
loading coil and the top point, the antenna has an inclination of about
60 degrees, most of the antenna is in the trees with leaves, and so on.
I haven't done much to improve it lately since I am waiting for the
fibre-glas
mast to be delieverd. My estimated ERP is around 35 mW, maybe less
in the moment. This should encorage everyone even with a small antenna
to try Slow-CW! The distance between Mike's QTH and mine (JO52BH)
is 707 km! Sorry, Mike, that I could't copy you, I have trouble with local
noise from time to time here. But thank you very much for taking the
time and try to copy such a weak signal!
Best 73
Geri, DK8KW (W1KW)
BTW: I have updates my page (http://www.dk8kw.home.pages.de) with
a page on Slow-CW, especially for newcomers. I downloaded Spectrogram
5.0 and find the improvements excellent!
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