[600MRG] PDF from Ralph attached - received

[John Langridge]

>I intend to start by beaconing WSPR on 471-KHz with the WD2XSH/45
callsign.  Ham contacts will be attempted on 472-476 KHz.

My advice is that you start out with WSPR using your ham call on 474.2 dial
freq.  If you park on 471, no one will be listening for you unless you
arrange it.  There is plenty of space in the traditional WSPR passband for
you to operate there.

73,

John

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Thanks, Ken.
>
> Nice to have 600MRG back in service for general chit-chat and operational
> skeds and reports.
>
> Some health issues and uncooperative wx has slowed any work outside.
> Invert-L is laying on ground and over house roof as the tower that supports
> has antennas lowered for maint. and upgrades.  Can only work when winds are
> calm and not too cold (-8F as I write this at 9:20am in Alaska).  Not sure
> if my fingers can handle working in this cold (otherwise nice sunny day
> starting about 10am; days are still short - 6-hours daylight).  Big joke up
> here is that "winter is antenna time".
>
> My 630m station has been upgraded so will use Elecraft K3 for both Rx and
> Tx (producing up to 1mw drive) to converted 100w NDB transmitter into 43 by
> 122 foot inverted-L (strung between two towers NE to SW).  I also have a
> SDR-IQ for Rx and band display.  K3 is fully integrated with computer to
> run sw for CW or digital modes.  K3 has external 10-MHz freq. reference
> which maintains 0.1ppm so freq is very accurate on 630m (+/- 0.05 Hz)
>
> I intend to start by beaconing WSPR on 471-KHz with the WD2XSH/45
> callsign.  Ham contacts will be attempted on 472-476 KHz.  My antenna
> bandwidth is limited to 5-KHz.  I have WSJT-X loaded as well as FLdigi
> which offers many digital modes, incl. CW.  My EIRP will be approx 4w.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> http://www.kl7uw.com/630m.htm
>
> At 09:11 AM 1/24/2018, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
>
>> On 24 Jan 2018 at 8:54, Edward R Cole wrote:
>>
>> > Yes, the pdf downloaded for me (using Eudora-pro e-mail client).
>>
>> Good. Let's hope that I don't have to turn this feature off...
>>
>> > I am almost QRV.  Some other work precedes tuning my inverted-L down
>> > from 495 KHz to cover 471-476 KHz.
>> >
>> > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
>>
>> Carry on, Ed.
>>
>> I hope to be hearing and working you on the air soon.
>>
>> Ken W7EKB
>>
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