>>build a new BEAM ANTENNA on my garden<<
Now that's what I call a back GARDEN !!!
G.... : )
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 5:22 PM
Subject: LF: Band 472_479
Hello Petr and all OMs!
That is fine! Be lucky, you are 212km away :-)
I was briefly receiving on the new band as well. I listened to signals from NDB "RP", "PT", "VIB", "BIA" :
477kHz 1018/1030 RP Malacky/Kuchyna SVK JN88NL
475kHz 1014/1018 PT Petrovskoye RUS LO01CR
480kHz 1020/1025 VIB Viterbo ITA JN62AK
474kHz 1031/1034 BIA Rzeszow/Jasionka POL KO10BC
Well, despite my problem with huge "RP" signal I am sure, that the band will be usable for me. I am going to build a new beam antenna on my garden. Its minimum receiving must be direct to "RP", of course :-)
73!
Lubos, OK2BVG
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[email protected]Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:32:56 +0100
Subject: Re: LF: Band 472_479
Hello all,
I am not so pesimistic, more exactly, I am a bit more lucky. I am abt 212 km away from RP.
I made a first reception test this Sunday. RP is the strongest signal on the band but it doesn’t bother much. Besides it I heard two more beacons. The band is more spacy and much calmer than 136kHz. Looking forward to the day it is crowded by HAM sigs.
Listen to recordings at:
73, Petr, OK1FIG
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 17:26
Subject: LF: Band 472_479
Hello OMs!
I read all your comments about new HAM band, they were written in the last days. To tell the truth, to use this band will be a problem for me and all HAMS in our region. There is a Slovak NDB beacon "RP" located right between 472 and 479kHz.
CALL : RP
FREQ: 477kHz
Modulation: +/- 1060Hz side bands
QTH: Malacky/Kuchyna
QRA: JN88NL
My QTH is only 37km far from the "RP". The beacon´s signal is constantly at least +50dB up to noise (in fact +60dB in the modulation gaps). The carrier is not problem, but the worst thing is the wide strong noise during the transmission. It is about +25dB - see the picture. I made sure myself, that it was not a problem of my RX. The situation is the same, when an attenuator between antenna and RX is used.
I hope that "RP" will not be a problem for you as well!
73
Lubos, OK2BVG
