Hello Wolf,
I finally reached dk0swf in the early morning. He gave me 599. My question if
this was a real report, was ignored...
73
Df5qg
Christian Groeger
wolf_dl4yhf <[email protected]> schrieb:
>John,
>
>you wrote:
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>Calling CQ ad infinitum, while also 60Hz higher I also copy DF0WD
>calling CQ too. I assume neither station can hear each other?
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>Of course I could hear DK0SWF calling CQ about 100 Hz away. But I had
>given up, finally, after trying for the umpteenth time to get a response
>from them. As Mal and others already noted, their signal was incredibly
>strong, but they must have had a very, very serious problem with their
>receiver. Maybe they should have asked the SWF (Südwestfunk) to close
>down some of the transmitters in their vincinity ? Oh well. Hope the
>pilots in Poland were not too irritated by the powerful signal, which
>even beat DK7FC's signal by far !
>
>Despite all the trouble, I was positively surprised to make a QSO with
>OM1II, whom I heard earlier on, but didn't want to add to the confusion
>on the semi-official "calling frequency" (472.5 kHz). Also thanks to
>G3KEV, DK8KW, DJ2LF, and DF5QF for the nice QSOs. OZ7FOC was partly
>audible, but difficult tonight.
>
>73,
> Wolf DL4YHF / DF0WD
>
>
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>> While I applaud any new MF activity, I wonder why, if DK0SWF are
>> unable to receive efficiently on their antenna, they call CQ?
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>> Surely if this is a "one time" opportunity to transmit from "SWF" and
>> reception is impossible they could do something else with the time on
>> the air. A WSPR transmission for the same length of time would gather
>> much more usefuly information than calling CQ with no hope of hearing
>> any replies?
>>
>> John
>> GM4SLV
>> IP90gg
>> Shetland Isles
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