----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:36
AM
Subject: LF: Re: 136 acty
Hello Mal,
I´m rather impressed by your success on
receiving. Seems I am far behind you. However, it might depend on the
noiselevel. Here, next to Mainflingen, the noise is -90 dBm with BW=100 Hz in
the noisegaps. Antenna is umbrella 23m high with 325 pF on the top. How
abt the noise on your side?
It seems to me that I had better results
with a marconi only 12m high and only 120pF on top. With this
antenna, for example, I did copy G2LDO audiable. Not so with a loop of 1.8m
diameter, grounded or ungrounded.
Hi Peter
Nothing magical here but I do live out in the
country where the ambient noise is low. I have published details a few times
here about antennas and equipment, you have probably seen the info. I often
get emails mostly private about what I can hear or see when others around EU
and UK struggling. I often notice several EU stns calling CQ both on CW
and the QRS MODE but they appear not to hear/see each other.
For most they are stuck with their QTH noisy or
otherwise and make the best of it. I fortunately have plenty of LF antenna
space and a quiet location both here and in GI land.
I have never used small diamater loops so cannot
comment on performance. My smallest loop is 80 metres perimiter and performs
very well. It is orientated for max pickup E/W, with this loop and my
vertical I can hear/see all the activity on LF that is
going on, in fact I have too much gain and have to attenuate hi. I have a
larger loop 250 metres perimiter some distance away in the same plane but
it is not necessary, I do not need the extra gain so do not use it, to date
there is no advantage, because my receiving equipment is sensitive enough with
the 80 m loop or the vertical.The loop antennas give an advantage over the
vertical when the QRN is bad.
Tnx for the interest and your info
de Mal/G3KEV
vy73 de Peter, dj9dw.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:22
PM
Subject: LF: 136 acty
Last nite OK1DWF and YU7AR seen CQ on QRS mode.
Both stns good audible sigs with me. They did not appear to work each other
at my observation times. Had they been on CW norm mode I would have called
but I only use QRS as a last resort. All stns active so far around EU
on QRS plus VE,VO and RU6LA, RN6BN and UA9OC are audible
with me at Q5, in fact UA9OC was good copy with me earlier on in the year on
norm CW when others were struggling on QRS.
The problem with most seems to be
RECEIVING, high power TRANSMITTING is one thing but does not help on
RX.
Good RX antennas seem rare.
Often several stations are active at the same
time especially on QRS calling CQ but seldom reply to one another, or maybe
they do not want to work each other!!
de Mal/G3KEV
