Just heard weak signals from OR7T on 502,2 kHz in eastern Bavaria, QTH
JN68GN;
at 20.40 the end of a qso with ON4??, and

at 20.44 cq d3e OR7T

Paul-Hendrik, tnx for your explanations. I also feel that for the time
being 23.00 UTC will be the optimum time for EU dx. We both have the
same local summer time i guess.

Nw back to the reiceiver.

73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB

"Paul-Henrik" <[email protected]> schrieb:
> 500kHz propagation from western europe sets in very late (early morning) here
> now, there is no complete nighttime darkness up here anymore so the D-layer
> gets very little rest. Midsummer is about a month away and it will be August
> before signals slowly start improving here again on MF.
> 
> DI2AM was weak too at the time I had the first copy of Rik.
> 
> 2200z is local midnight here and mid-path midnight will be almost one hour
> later.
> 
> So in fact 2125z was still "early" copy of Rik here. I expect signals would 
> have
> improved vastly from that. This is a very typical behaviour for DI2AM signals
> during recent weeks.
> 
> The opposite situation:
> 
> In mid winter I could copy GM4SLV 24/7 on the Shetland - Vaasa path during 
> some
> longer tests we ran.
> 
> 
> Will keep an ear on 502.95kHz during the weekend when/if I'm in the shack
> 
> 
> 73
> 
> Paul-Henrik / OH1LSQ
> Vaasa / KP03SD
> 
> 
> Quoting [email protected]:
> 
> > This is a pity. According to Rik's time table I did not listen after
> > 21.00z
> >
> > But during the summer season this seems to be necessary. No problem for
> > me, I am retired.
> >
> > 73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB
> >
> >
> > "Paul-Henrik" <[email protected]> schrieb:
> > > Hear you calling CQ on 502.95kHz at 2125z
> > >
> > > Weak but readable, a Q4
> > >
> > >
> > > 73's
> > >
> > > Paul-Henrik / OH1LSQ
> > > Vaasa / KP03SD
> > >
> > >
> > > Quoting Rik Strobbe <[email protected]>:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > I have been calling CQ once in a while last night (on 502.95 kHz) and
> > > > once I thought to hear a response near 501.9 kHz.
> > > > Unfortunately QRM is very high in the lower part of the band. Lowest
> > > > QRM level (at my location) is between 502.9 and 503.4 kHz.
> > > > I will try to be QRV on 600 m the next days from 19-21 UTC,
> > > > monitoring the band for activity and calling CQ every now and then.
> > > >
> > > > I am running 250 Watt (= 2 A antenna current) into a 11m high and 25m
> > > > long T-antenna.
> > > > Calculated radiation resistance of the antenna is 0.4 Ohm, the
> > > > theoretical ERP should be around 3 Watt.
> > > > But I am afraid that the greenery surrounding the antenna absorbs a
> > > > good part of it.
> > > >
> > > > 73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T
> > > >
> > > >
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