Rik Strobbe wrote:

I think that Uli, as several other DL's, is a victim of the 'Rhein-Main
Syndrome' : due the the high concentration of high-power LF stations in
that area the noiselevel seems to be extremely high and even the best
receivers seem to suffer from IM. I noticed the same with DL3FDO, DJ1RL,
DF2PY etc..
To make it worse (for the others) groundconductivity etc. seems to be very
favorable,so they put put strong LF signal (and maybe for the same reason
many commercial LF stations are in that area)

I work DJ9IE frequently and usually get a 589 report. His RX capability seems
good to me.
In fact I do not have any difficulty with any German station regardless of their
QTH, but DJ9IE is by far the strongest and most consistant.
de G3KEV

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73, Rik

At 11:23 2/04/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Tony and All,
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>DJ9IE is certainly putting out a good signal, but he seems to have great
>difficulty in hearing any of the numerous responses.
>He has been on calling CQ most of this week using what sounds like an
>automatic keyer or perhaps just a very good fist.
>This morning he was calling CQ around 08.45 and I heard Bob, G8RW, return
>his call about 09.00 local time. They did manage a QSO mostly because of
>Bob's persistence, but Uli only gave him 3,2,9, whereas Bob gave Uli 5,8,9.
>He was a good 5,7,9 here with me in Reading.
>It would be interesting to know why the lack of reciprocity - perhaps Uli is
>using a different Antenna for receive?
>
>John, G4CNN, IO91ML
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