Re: LF: OR7T 579 in IO91UX Loud!

[Rik Strobbe <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>]

Hi Pete,

what power / ERP were you running ?
When conditions are good (good propagation, low QRN) 10mW ERP should be
enough for a basic CW QSO.
Yesterday a QRSS QSO was possible, your signal was a solid
"O".

BTW: last night I was running 270W output power, antenna current 2.15A.
The calculated (simulated) radiation resistance is 0.42 Ohm and the
antenna "gain" 1.4dBd, so my theoretical ERP was about 2.7W
(close to the legal limit of 5W EIRP), but I guess that quite a bit of
power is absorbed by the greenery surrounding the antenna. So the real
ERP might be something like 1.5 to 2W ERP.

73, Rik  ON7YD



At 10:37 18/09/2008, you wrote:

Hi Rik and LF
 
Yes I have been running short QRSS sessions with my new higher powered TX so hopfully it was me. I will be out of the loop for about 7 days but will look out for you when I get back. My CW is poor so it will be rubber stamp if we make a contact. I have heard you working G3XIZ in the past he is located about 14km from here.
 
73 petefmt

--- On Wed, 17/9/08, Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be> wrote:

From: Rik Strobbe <Rik.Strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>

Subject: Re: LF: OR7T 579 in IO91UX Loud!

To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

Date: Wednesday, 17 September, 2008, 10:15 PM

I saw "FMT" in QRS earlier tonight, was that you ?

The signal was very weak audible.

QRN was rather bad (and going worse over the evening), with low QRN
a  

QSO should be possible.


73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T


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