[Lowfer] Medfer CT heard in Vancouver...

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:41:29 -0800

In Canada it has the same restriction (or freedoms) as the 13Mhz Hifer
band... I don't know the US rules on it...

Consult industry Canada's document at

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwapj/rss210.pdf/$FILE/rss210.pdf

See page 20(of the doc... not the pdf page 20) for details...

Again this is Canadian regs only. I don't know the US regs at all...

Watch for BeFER TIL in the coming days...

Scott

----- Original Message -----
from: "WE0H" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:38 PM
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] Medfer CT heard in Vancouver...

> Is the 6.777mc band a new one for the Part 15 group?
>
> Mike>WE0H
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Scott Tilley
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 11:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Medfer CT heard in Vancouver...
>
> Hey Dale
>
> Thanks for the congrats on CT.
>
> I haven't seen LowFER NW yet. I just finished a LARGE loop to tune
down
> there...  I may try this weekend when I move the LARGE loop to the
> garage.  It's a 20turn 6' diameter monster. I need to get some remote
> tuning capability setup first.  The same with the 160m loop.  I seem
to
> be lucking out as the noise levels here are low.
>
> The Hifer thing baffles me... Must be the angle of radiation on the
> dipole. Perhaps you are in a null and my angle of radiation is to low?
> I will be getting a 1/4 wave up soon. It will be < 5m off the ground
and
> should have a fairly low angle of radiation but also some high stuff
> that should favour you. You are sitting on an unfavourable side of the
> dipole and considering the wires and other metal in its vicinity its
> pattern is likely distorted.  Interesting how it gets out to the east
> OK... I did get a report from TN. The dipole has worked Ontario as
well
> as the Caribbean.  It is only 10' off the ground...
>
> The BeFER is coming along. I have a dipole up and tuned and presently
> working on the transmitter. It's  a PIC controlled AD8932 based VFO
with
> a crystal osc. to bring me out on the higher HF bands. It'll do DFCW,
> PSK, QRSS, etc...  There is stuff down there(6.777MHz), lots of
activity
> during the day it seems so picking a freq may be the hard part... I
> guess I could divide up the Hifer and get something on for tomorrow?
It
> won't be nice :) I'll let you know...
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Rice" <rice@ >
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Medfer CT heard in Vancouver...
>
>
> > Hi Scott,
> > Very good on getting CT!
> > I am getting close to getting my MedFER on the air.
> > I haven't picked up your HiFER yet and I have been looking
vigorously.
> > Have you seen any more of LowFER NW?
> > How is the Beefer coming? (BeFER ?) Will it be on 1/2 of your HiFER
> freq.?
> >
> > Dale R
> >
> >
> > > CT was observed at about 0902 UTC on ~1704.961KHz here in
Vancouver,
> > > CN89lg. The signal was in and out of the noise and made for just
> maginal
> > > copy with Spectran. I'm using a 7 turn, 0.8m per side balanced
loop
> with
> > > a matching preamp.  An IC-745 was used as the RX.
> > >
> > > Scott, VE7TIL
>
>
>
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