[Lowfer] Fwd: LF: Special LF event

[James Moritz]

Dear Lowfers,

>Message received from Eddi DK3UZ
>
>
>    To commemorate its 50th anniversary Germany's National Weather Service
>(Deutscher Wetterdienst - DWD) will stage an LF / Amateur Radio crossband
>event. DDH47 located in Pinneberg near Hamburg will transmit on 147.3kHz
>and QSX on 3565, 7025 and, if still open, 14052kHz. Amateurs are asked to
>send RST and their locator. The event will start on Friday, 2002-11-08
>2230UTC and end on Saturday, 2002-11-09 0520UTC. From hh15-hh18 and hh45-
>hh48 QRSS3 transmissions will be made. DDH47 runs 15kW into a 72m high
>vertical with a 3-wire top capacity. Pse see also 
><http://www.eham.net>www.eham.net calendar
>for further information.
>
>    73, Eddi ._._.
>--
>
> 
><http://www.dwd.de/de/wir/Geschaeftsfelder/Seeschifffahrt/Sendeplaene/Amateurfunk/>http://www.dwd.de/de/wir/Geschaeftsfelder/Seeschifffahrt/Sendeplaene/Amateurfunk/
>

Thought this might make a change - DDH47 is usually several hundred uV/m 
here in the south-east UK, so I guess reception across the pond should be 
quite possible with reasonable conditions. You could try listening before 
the event; normally it transmits FSK with 100Hz shift.

Cheers, Jim Moritz
73 de M0BMU