----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 7:43
PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500KHz NoV
Dennis,
I'm in a state of flux at this end ,
having a big move round ,,which has not gone to plan still
operational on hf , but all the mf kit is in boxes at the moment , I can
take a look , on 500 , with low power you will be better sending very
slow cw and checking on the grabbers , you should show at Birmingham
and later in the night at Shetland ... Shetland is a very strange place
as there doesn't look to be any background noise . ... apart from
the wind that occasionally removes the antenna ! Gary is also running
a on line 'grabber' he's about 60 miles north of Birmingham . you may shown
there...
Oddly , a good earth looks to do more for
the signal than the Ae , any pipes rods ect in the ground , use
individual wires and bring them all back to the same earth point , its
not conductance that makes the difference is ground capacity , the more the
better , wires under the top of the ae will add to the return
path for the current...
The top loading coil, 40 turns of
30 amp wire on a coke bottle , (others may of used a cider flagon
.... they know who they are) ... and i think Gary favours a centre one,
made a big improvement. Anything that
increases the current in the vertical section of the system , don't
bother with long low wires , these just radiate vertically
upwards..
the annoying thing is the station
now works much better on top band and 80 mtrs as a result of the mod's
embodied for 500... could of done them 15 years ago
Q how are you generating fsk ?
Good luck
Graham
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500KHz NoV
Graham
Thanks for your e-mail and encouraging
remarks. I have made a couple of test transmissions, but no
comments so far. I am having to suspend ops for the present as
my neighbour is having a nearby tree felled and I have lowered my antenna
just in case.
73 Dennis M0JXM
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 1:27
AM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: 500KHz NoV
Dennis,
Don't worry about operation on vlf, I
think you find the band acts more like top band , with a well defined
service area ~60/ 70 miles and a first skip round 200/250 , I can see a
trace at Birmingham with 500mW to my antenna , only real problem is the
dreaded deep fade 'qsb' whic takes the signal out 30 seconds up to 1
minuet + , which causes havoc with rtty , as you have no idea if the other
station copied anything .... dont suppose you have amtor ?
I doubt you will cause any interference
with those power levels , I ran 20 watts to a inverted L
40 ft x 40 ft for a long time , which radiated quite well , but after
adding a top loading coil found it worked a lot better , with 150 watts
and a new variometer tuner , still didn't record any problems
..
Had more problems with the pc jamming the
incoming signals and a funny long life bulb that radiated a well spaced
spectrum across the band ! check out the pages on the google
uk500khz web news group for links to the grabbers etc .
73 's
Graham ..
G0NBD
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:52 AM
Subject: LF: Re: 500KHz NoV
Hi Lee
I have just got my NOV to operate on 500kHz,
so will be dipping my toe into the water from next week.
I have not got any 138kHz experience and only
obtained my full amateur licence last May.
On my application for the NOV, I provided a
scale diagram of my own and immediate neighbour's properties, gave a
brief description of the TX(home brew), RX(Lowe HF-225) and antenna(T)
that I intend to use and an estimate of my erp from the TANTENNA
program on the internet (200mW). As I am using a VFO, I use a
counter to measure the frequency and also monitor transmissions using the
RX which has a digital readout. I also stated that I would
cease transmissions until any complaint was satisfactorily resolverd, and
mentioned two nearby amateurs also working on 500kHz whose help and advice
I could seek.
All the above seemed to work, so good luck on
your application. The more the merrier.
73 Dennis M0JXM
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:50
PM
Subject: LF: 500KHz NoV
Hi All,
After reading through loads
of stuff and monitoring the LF Group I?m left with the decision of
whether to start on 136 or 500KHz.
500KHz seems much easier to
deal with from the outset, and hopefully the NoV period will be extended
further next year.
However the NoV itself is
the possible stumbling block in that it appears that experience on
136KHz is a big plus that Ofcom appear to be looking
for,
My question is, would I get
away with applying for a NoV without first being active on 136KHz, or
has anyone already taken this route and been
successful?
73,
Lee M0LMH.
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