Re: LF: 183 kHz BC Q5 in NC at sunset!

["Joe Craig" <jcraig@mun.ca>]

John,

What do you think are the odds of CW between here and Holden
(about 1000 miles)?  I've been toying with the idea a bit.

Joe VO1NA

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, John Andrews wrote:

> Dave,
>
> > Given that one of the big guns would probably have 15dB advantage on that
> > signal it might be worth monitoring reception until a peak is seen then
> > trying a CW call? Means staying up all night though!
>
> CW would have been very ambitious under those conditions. QRSS3 or 10 might
> have gotten the call sign through. My 3-second screen at that frequency is a
> horrid mess of Loran lines and local interference, however. The slow speed
> stuff has made the hobby possible in a location hardly suited for LF work.
> Others more out in the country might do better.
>
> John Andrews, W1TAG