Hi Dominic
Welcome to 500khz! It’s
a real blast and challenge. The guys are great and will give you
all sorts of useful tips, as well as engaging in healthy debate about all
matters LF/MF
For me personally, my area of interest is
500 and latterly 136 on CW/RTTY and newer data modes like WSJT JT4A and
WSPR. The latter has the potential to make the best of friends
argue…but in a good natured way. (be warned WSPR is hugely
addictive esp on 30M and 40M where 1W will get you to VK/ZL!!).
WSJT-JT4A is also QSO mode similar to
WSPR. WSPR is more beaconing, tho can be QSO as well and hence divides
opinion far more effectively than religion/politics/football!! J
Pete, Dennis, Chris, Roger, Alan, Lee and
Jim (Moritz) have all given me loads of help as a newbie. Chris in particular has
helped with hardware too!
If I can be of any help (prob unlikely) then
do drop me a note or call
It may not be necessary (though it is far
more desirable and more rewarding I agree) to build your own Tx. I use an
IC706 mk2G modded for wide tx to generate 10W on 500. I used to use an
IC735 but by being overzealous on what I thought it could do, I managed to
smoke the PA…doh!! My own stupid fault!! L
Even with 10W ERP and an aerial in an RF
sapping birch tree I still can get out some 1200km on WSPR and have had CW QSOs
with Finbar, Mal, Rog and Peter Dodd all in the 200km + zone.
Again welcome to 500Khz.
With best regards
Jim
Dr. James Cowburn
CW good, WSPR good
too :-))
73s Roger G3XBM
On 11 February 2010 17:11, M0FMT <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hope to hear you soon. CW Good ......... WSPR
BAD!!
73 es GL petefmt
Subject: LF: New NoV
Date: Thursday, 11 February, 2010, 15:02
Hi all,
I just RX my SRP/NoV for 501-504kHz.
Hope to have my station up and running for TX as soon as possible.
Thanks for all those who since 2008 have so far had a cross band qso
perhaps we can manage a qso on 500kHz now.
Will focus on CW initially.
72
Dom
M1KTA
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