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Thanks from me also Dave.
It's a strange band with lots of stations obviously unable to hear each
other! As yet, I have done no work on antennas for 500Kc/s and am just
using a rather nondescript piece of wire, which I use as a general purpose
back-up antenna. It slopes up from the shack to a tree and is around 140'
long. Having said that, I do have a recording of my 160 metre signals as
received by ZL3IX last year, when I was using the same piece of wire, so it
can't be that bad!
Look forward to working you on 500.
73
Tom G3OLB
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: LF: [500] 502 kHz test from
G3JFS <OLB, AQC and VTT also>
Hi Dave,
Thanks for your e-mail. Its nice to get a report, even a local one,
as I have put out so many tests and calls in recent weeks without any
reponse that I am beginning to think 500 kHz is rather a waste of time
from Plymouth. When considering the very few stations I have heard at
workable strength, and more so on the ones that I can't hear or even detect on
spectran, I am convinced that Dartmoor and the hilly ground around my qth have
a very serious effect on 500 kHz propagation.
So far Tom and Laurie are the only stations I have worked and
the loudest signals I have heard have been from GI4DPE after dark and GW4HXO
in daylight. The path to both of these stations is relatively clear as
it passes along the Tamar valley and over the less rugged terrain of
western Dartmoor. G3OLB is relatively local, maybe 40 miles in a
straight line, and is readable in day time although weak at times. I
was quite surprised when G3AQC called me after my contact with Tom as it was
in the afternoon and he was a good 559. The route to Chichester, about
150 miles, is mostly along the coast and this gives an idea of the
possibilies over a good path. G3VTT was active at the same time as
G3AQC but I could not find a trace of his signal on spectran.
Your rx is ok Dave - I have 8 crystals covering frequencies from
501.34 - 503.86 kHz.
Look forward to getting a report from your home qth one day.
73 Peter, G3JFS
In a message dated 07/07/2007 22:08:02 Greenwich Standard Time,
[email protected] writes: Hi,
Peter, Tom, Laurie, Colin, LF,
I've just got back from a few days
holiday in Dartmouth, Devon (235 unread
e-mails from the LF reflector
when I got home today...). I heard your QSO
with Tom, G3OLB, and then
your QSO with Laurie G3AQC. You were 579 on a 1.8m
tuned loop, Tom was
539 and Laurie was 559.
I have also subsequently heard you in beacon
mode several times. The RX
set-up at the holiday QTH is really crummy,
but I seemed the hear you on a
different frequency nearer to 503.0 kHz on
one occasion at 2210 hours local
on the 4th July. Do you actually have
more than one TX frequency, or is my
"Driftomatic" RX telling me
fibs?
The only other confirmed station I heard was Colin G3VTT
calling CQ on 4th
July at 2210hrs local at RST 539. I think I heard Jim
M0BMU's callsign
during the evening of 3rd July around 2245 hours local,
but I only heard it
once.
73, Dave G3WCB
IO91RM
-----Original Message-----
From:
[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
Sent: 30 June 2007 16:56
To:
[email protected]
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 502 kHz test from
G3JFS
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