[Lowfer] New to the list.

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:28:23 -0500

Hi again: I don't think the EXP-1750a transceiver is available anymore,
niether is the LW_Max. Check out Lyle Koehler's web site, he has some stuff
that is easy to build. Also Peter is right, most of the activity is Beacon
type operation recieved on computer, although two way Qso is possible but
rare, a few of them have done it.
I am about 300 miles from LEK and I can hear him audibly some of time, also
heard hetrodyne from LEK and WE when they were both on 185.3 +/- khz. Also
had to use a lot of DSP to do that. In general one can work normal cw at a
distance of 100 miles or so ground wave, which isn't bad for 4mw erp.

	73 de Ve4XC

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Sent: April 8, 2003 15:15
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Subject: Re: [Lowfer] New to the list.

> Hi and welcome to LowFER-land. Hi. Eric gave a good link to an
> independent site. Here is another important site to look at. It's the
> home page for U.S. LowFER activity. To get an idea of the scope of
> involvement move down the main page for topics and other links.
> 
> http://www.lwca.org/

Hi there, yep, that was one of the first sites I bookmarked. It's a goodie.
I plan
to delve through it more tonight when I get home... looks to be like there's
a ton of
good info on it.

> But note, our work at 1750 meters is not two way activity, only low
> powered beacons that mostly transmit very slow cw that can't be heard
> audibly! 

I see now... I guess I am used to listening for beacons, so I assumed that
some audio was
present with Lowfer... I have been reading through a few links on the Noise
Floor site, and
I'm also findout out what kinds of transmitters are used for Lowfer
communication. Very different
from what I'm used to! I noticed that the link to Curry Communications no
longer works- I was looking 
at an EXP-1750a transceiver that was listed on Noise Floor. Are they out of
business or did the website's 
URL change? 

Jackie
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