Re: CW & SSB T/A !(was Re: LF: TA CW QSO on MF band is not a scoop

[<jrusgrove@comcast.net>]

Joe

Wow ... time flies. WE2XGR/2 <> GI4DPE  11/14/2007 0100Z.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jcraig@mun.ca>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: CW & SSB T/A !(was Re: LF: TA CW QSO on MF band is not a scoop


> Hi Jay,
>
> I remember that one, congrats, but I don't recall the date. I'd like to
> make a summary of TA on 600/630m.
>
> date time freq mode   east          |        west
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> ?         500? CW  EI0CF 559  20m T | WE2XGR/2 559 400W  90' top loaded tower
>                SSB EI0C  ?    20m T | WE2XGR/6
> 9 2 10 0400 502 CW PA0A 400W 5W ERP | WE2XGR/6
>
> Etc.
>
> Thanks
> Joe VO1NA
>
> On Wed, 7 May 2014, jrusgrove@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > WE2XGR/2 and Finbar made the first, and several subsequent  W <> EU CW QSOs 
> > on MF. Transmitting
> > conditions at WE2XGR/2: 400 watts transmitter power to 90' top loaded 
> > vertical. The QSO were
> > relatively short but included a small amount of information besides 559 73 
> > sk.
> > Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: Albert
> > To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 6:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: CW & SSB T/A !(was Re: LF: TA CW QSO on MF band is not a scoop
> >
> >
> > Stefan,
> >
> > If you take a better look at Bob's QSL card (click to enlarge) you see 2000W 
> > tx power. I used abt
> > 400W to get the 5 W erp radiated by the antenna. If you listen to the signal 
> > of Bob you will realize
> > that only RRRRR etc was not necessary.
> > You are right abt using QRP on these bands,  a QRO tx is very useful to get 
> > out of the garden. If
> > you consider the erp. we are actually working QRP on these low bands.
> >
> > 73, Albert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DK7FC schreef op 7-5-2014 12:19:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Aaaaaah so that was QRO, not QRP, right? Or what was the TX power, rather 5W 
> > or rather 500W?
> > And what about Bob, 5W or 500W?
> > Just to make things clear regarding "QRO is not necessary".
> > Was it a longer QSO with some content or just "RRRRR 73 73 73
> > didididadidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" :-)
> >
> > 73, Stefan
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 06.05.2014 22:28, schrieb Albert:
> > All fyi,
> >
> > I had a CW QSO on 502 kHz with Bob WE2XGR/6 on Feb 9 2010,  04:00 UTC at that 
> > time the DX record on
> > CW. On my website (in plane Dutch) a copy of the QSL card and an audio file 
> > of the first part of the
> > QSO including a restart of my keyer. My output during the QSO was abt, 5 W 
> > erp.
> > http://www.pa0a.com/500-khz/
> >
> > (see: EERSTE QSO NEDERLAND etc.)  for the audio file click left on QSO 
> > WE2XGR-6 v3
> > 73, Albert PA0A
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Warren Ziegler schreef op 6-5-2014 16:57:
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> >
> >  Some years ago Bob W2ZM using the experimental call WE2XGR/6 worked Finbar 
> > EI0CF on CW and also
> > ssb (Bob ran ssb, Finbar ran CW).
> >   Somewhere I have a .wav file from Finbar with his reception of Bob's ssb 
> > signal.
> > I know that there have been other T/A contacts but I don't recall all the 
> > details.
> >
> > 73 Warren K2ORS