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Warren
Steve is not the only one to give up. In the early
days I worked over 30 countries on 137 Kcs CW and today there is only a couple
of countries active.
What does that say for LF and even MF has not
really taken off. Activity seems to have fizzled out, those that have
deserted LF can be heard on 160 metres and other HF bands frequently DXING
G3KEV
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 2:59
PM
Subject: Re: LF: Re: Re: Variometer
I understand from his QRZ listing that Steve GW4ALG gave up
amateur radio completely, something about not liking contests etc.
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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ
WD2XSH/23
WE2XEB/2
WE2XGR/1
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Chris <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi
Alan,
Yes, you're probably correct, but without knowing that 'detail' you
coud easily misunderstand what it is suggested that unit could
do.
Incidentally, it was GW4ALG, not 3. Steve says one of the reasons he
gave up on 136 was the 'first RSGB repeater on the band' and it attracting
'pirates'. I have never heard of an RSGB repeater on 136 and think it a most
unlikely band to interest pirates. Maybe I'm wrong, I often am!
Vy
73,
Chris, G4AYT, Whitstable.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan
Melia" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday,
October 20, 2010 10:03 AM
Subject: LF: Re: Variometer
Hi
Chris that unit looks rather like the pictures of Steve
GW3ALGs
variometer (others made similar units....the lego remote
control rings
bells) which has featured in the LF Handbook and
both editions of LF Today.
If so Steve used a modifieed KW1000 linear I
believe which was capable of
putting out quite a lot of power. Steve
ran a 20m vertical with the top 10m
supported by party ballooons when
the wind was suitably low. If it was put
below his main fixed loading
coil as an incremental inductor then it would
not have had to suffer
such high voltages as at the main coil top.
Alan G3NYK
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Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[email protected]>
To: "RSGB LF Group"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday,
October 20, 2010 8:31 AM
Subject: LF: Variometer
Hi
LF,
Need a variometer? Take a look at Ebay item 120636022163. The claim
is this
item can cope with 'over a kW of RF' and covers 136kHz - I must
say I have
my doubts! At least you can have a laugh at the 'amature'
spelling and
terminology throughout!!
Vy 73, Chris, G4AYT,
Whitstable, Kent.
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