Hi Mal,
That same night I heard
WD2XSH/17 on 505.63 khz at 559 on normal cw and probably could have worked
him but he was in beacon mode.
The WD2XSH stations are NOT authorized to contact amateur stations -
only other U.S. "X" stations.
HOWEVER, the WE2XGR stations ARE authorized to QSO foreign amateur
stations.
That's because I requested permission to contact amateur stations in
the license application for WE2XGR whilst the ARRL did not receive nor
request such permission.
----- Original Message -----
From: "hamilton mal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: LF: MF CONDX
Hi John
I did work VE1ZZ who gave me 549 when I popped out of the qsb at 0117 utc.
I
had been 339 for some time before this. It was a good qso and he got his
report etc solid from me. Unfortunately condx have taken a dip since. I
need
another opening like this for a qso with the USA. That same night I heard
WD2XSH/17 on 505.63 khz at 559 on normal cw and probably could have worked
him but he was in beacon mode. I have not heard him since.
73 de Mal/G3KEV
----- Original Message -----
From: "John GM4SLV" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: LF: MF CONDX
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:52:19 -0000
"hamilton mal" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all
> Condx on both 600 and 160m have been poor this past few days, nothing
> hrd from W/VE last night/early this morning at this qth. It seems the
> vy favourable condx on the 12/13/14 th have fizzled out
Hello Mal and LF group,
I was going to post something about the conditions on Tuesday evening
(13th into 14th Nov) so Mal's post is an appropriate place to do it.
I understand that some excellent T/A conditions were experienced that
night, with Finbar working a WE2 station and I believe Mal himself may
have worked VE1ZZ also. I had to go to work for a night shift so missed
the late night excitement.
Closer to home, earlier in the evening, Finbar and I had a long QSO in
which we repeated a previous QRP experiment (the one reported in this
month's RadCom). This time Finbar was able to reduce TX power in
stages down through 5W, 2.5W, 1W, 500mW, 200mW, 100mW, 50mW, 20mW and
finally 10mW.
At each step I could read his CW by ear and at several of them he sent
a 4-figure number for me to verify. At the final level of 10mW (TX
power!!) I took a few minutes, riding the QSB and piecing together
fragments of CW from the noise, but finally got the 4 numbers
correctly. This is a fantastic "miles per watt" even at 10mW. Imagine
what the "miles per watts ERP" might be?
Earlier in the QSO I'd had to break off for a few minutes and left my
audio recorder running. I listened back to the file yesterday while
driving and heard Dave G3YMC call Finbar! This is the first time I've
heard Dave's 5mW ERP and it was readable by ear! Finbar failed to hear
Dave's call though, which I'm sure is a disappointment to him, and to
Dave. I don't know if this was a fleeting opening as no more was heard
from Dave later in the evening.
The conditions were superb, but it's only in hindsight that this
becomes apparent, as they subside back to "normal" for a few days.
Well done everyone concerned and let's hope for more.
John GM4SLV
Clousta, Shetland
IP90gg
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