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
> > >
> > >
> > > Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm
> > >
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