Well, just as abruptly as it appeared, my monster noise source mysteriously
vanished on Friday, so things are back to normal again at last. Hopefully it
has either blown up or been fixed, and therefore won't suddenly re-appear!
The only remaining annoyance is that I never did track down what it was, but
as expected the noise on Medium Wave, topband, 80m and 40m has also gone,
so it must have been pretty nasty, whatever it was.......
A very big thank you to everyone who provided ideas and support whilst I was
off air.
Stations worked here over the weekend on 136kHz using normal speed CW:
Saturday 19/6
GW4ALG (06.50: he was 57/89, gave me 589), PA0LQ (07.02: 579, 589), MM0ALM
(07.24: 589, 569), G3YMC (07.38: 569, 599), G3YXM (08.59: 59+9, 59+9),
EI0CF (09.08: 579, 569), G3XTZ (16.41: 599, 599), MM0ALM (21.08: 589, 569).
Sunday 16/5
MM0ALM (08.03: 589, 579).
By the time I listened on Friday evening, static levels were very high so I
didn't bother tuning up the antenna, but I did hear OZ1KMR calling CQ at
good strength through the crashes.
Saturday morning activity was excellent and there were even some QRM
problems
at times with stations calling CQ over the top of QSOs! It was really good
to
be back on 136 again after a month off air, and I was pleased to work five
countries in one session!
We were busy on Sunday, and some weak psu-buzz QRM appeared at times, so I
didn't very work much. Look forward to being a lot more active again in the
coming weeks.
Regards John G4GVC near Leicester, IO92JP
** TX: Synth + 400W RF from modified 'G3YXM' Mosfet PA **
** RX: TS-850S with 3 x CW filters and 0.5ppm TCXO **
** Ant: Inv-L 60m long, 6m high at feed end, 12m high at far end **
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