[Lowfer] Test only

[Paul Daulton]

Today 40 meters sounds like 20 did back in the 60's, same for 80 meters
 looks like the bands have shifted down one notch.
DX was rare on 40 in the '60s now it is common late at night to hear N
 Europe and The Mediterranean.
I made my first cw contact in about 10 years last week on my MMR-40 ssb/cw
 qrp rig. No DX yet but I have 
Md on ssb and Tx and MN on cw. I finished my bitx 20a but 20 is so dead I
 havent made any contacts yet.
you can view these on www.qrpkits.com .
Latest project is a Paraset replica. These sets were built by the Brits in
 WWII and droped to the resistance
forces in N Europe. It is a small three tube tranceiver, two tube regen
 rec and 6v6 transmitter. Any one interested
can google "paraset" and see the various replicas. We have a military
 museum here in Jacksonville, when finished
I hope they will display mine.
WMS is still poluting the airwaves but no reception reports. I got an
 email from Bill Bowers he has his tower and 
transmitter ready to go back on the air. Last week Bill was walking his
 miniature doberman and the dog went after
a cat and triped Bill. He fell in a bush and punctured his arm with a
 branch then had to go to the ER and have it 
sewed up. Docs advised him to stay out of the heat till it heals so it
 will be a few days before he is back on the air
with WEB.
Nothing much for lowfers to do in the months with no R's.
PAUL DAULTON 
k5wms at aristotle.net 
Beacon WMS qrss 30/slow 187.492 khz 24/7 
EM34wu 
Jacksonville, AR USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike-WE0H <we0h at yahoo.com>
Sent: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:19:10 -0500
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, &UK\) and MedFer bands"
 <lowfer at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Test only
 
 
Here's a solution to that big wind catching loop.  
http://www.we0h.us/505kc/Simple-RX-Loop-Antenna/Simple-RX-Loop-505kc-WA1ZMS
.html  
That'll stay up for a few years I think.  
 
Just got in from the lake. Took the family out on the ski's. Came home  
for dinner and now about ready for some chocolate ice cream. Yummy!!!  
 
I haven't had any radio's on for a while. 40m is always open but many  
complain about little or no sunspots and don't stick around. Watch the  
later evenings as the band goes long for DX stations. 30m is also a darn  
nice band and it stays open after dark.  
 
We all know how difficult it can be to make a contact on a LF or MF  
band, imagine those HF sissy's trying to run 1750m...ha ha ha...They'd  
give up the very first day. Those HF bands are always open somewhere,  
just gotta find that somewhere with someone alive on the other end.  
 
Mike  
 
 
 
Peter B wrote:  
> Mike, the K2 man should talk, so ditto: What's new up north?  
>  
> For me, gee, that big loop that you posted a pix on your site got taken
 by a wind and cracked in half. I gathered the pieces and put em away.
 What happened was I used a steel strap to bridge the main upright spar as
 a safety strap. It cracked. The strap is the kind used for water pipe
 hanging, has holes in it. Well it was torn apart that windy day in March.
  
>  
> I hanging out on 40 now, though the activity on CW is sparce.  
>  
> Peter  
 
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