James,
I am slightly concerned that your vast expanse of aluminium foil will be
reflecting sufficient sunlight as to require significant recalculation
of the factors affecting global warming!
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 17:09 +0000, James Cowburn wrote:
> I shall be there, boots blacked and at the ready!!
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> Buy shares in Alcan foil as I will be cornering the world market in
> order to turn my garden into a huge capacitor! The XYL will have a
> seizure and the cats wont be happy either!
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> With best regards
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> Jim
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> From:[email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mal hamilton
> Sent: 23 February 2010 16:49
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: LF: DATA
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> Roger
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> Like the man said the 9 Kcs craze is but the latest Appliance Operator
> TOY, however when you fire up the TOY I will look out for you, Jim
> might join in.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> From: Roger Lapthorn
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> To: [email protected]
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 4:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: LF: DATA
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> Mal,
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> G7NKS has largely echoed my views on your email.
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> Yes, HF conditions have been getting better. VK9 was worked on
> 10m from the UK today (on CW and not by me). I was able to
> decode the 1W WSPR signals on 10m from V53ARC (running just
> 1W) this morning and from FR1GZ (10W) yesterday. WSPR is
> hugely helpful in propagation testing on the higher HF bands
> and does not need much power. There is lots of WSPR activity
> on HF, although more on 10m would be useful to help seek out
> fleeting openings. PSK31 is widely used of course.
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> Regarding <9kHz, clearly it is very unlikely any great
> distances will be spanned, but there is much that can be
> learned from such experiments. I have experimented with this
> in the past and hope to do so again soon, but using the best
> weak signal techniques this time.
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> Your remarks about 500kHz "appliance operators" are not
> helpful. However, it's a free country and you're entitled to
> express your views, even if we choose to differ.
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> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
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> On 23 February 2010 14:50, mal hamilton
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Generally band condx vy good at present from LF to HF as far
> as 24 Mcs. Modes mostly CW and SSB world wide, some strong USA
> stns.
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> What is noticeable is the lack of Amtor, Pactor and packet
> transmissions but RTTY seems to have survived over the years.
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> Observations indicate that data mode acty does not last long,
> the novelty wares off, whereas the traditional modes CW, SSB
> and RTTY are still going strong.
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> Some will argue that cw and rtty are data but I am referring
> to the fly by night data modes Amtor, pactor, packet and all
> the JT, wspr etc, tuning across the bands today I did not hear
> any of these modes.
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> Obviously the majority of ham operators are not interested. It
> would appear MF attracts the Appliance Operator, and the
> 8.7739872 Kcs Dreamers!!
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> If you fancy your chances on VLF below 9 Kcs I will listen
> out. I have a suitable RX and antenna.
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> Your observations ?
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