[600MRG] Listening on 630 M tonight

[Eric NO3M]

Meir

Thanks for the reports.  Hope to work you on the band soon!

73 Eric NO3M (ex-WG2XJM)

On 10/15/2017 11:36 PM, Meir WF2U wrote:
> Group,
>
> I briefly listened to the first night's activities on 630 m CW from 10:15pm
> EDT to 10:30pm EDT and I'm happy to report that it sounded pretty busy!
>
> I used my 1943 vintage Navy RBA-1 TRF receiver, with the only wire antenna I
> have, a 265 ft Carolina Windom, 55 ft at the apex. For better match, I used
> it as a top-loaded vertical and only used the center conductor of the coax
> to feed the receiver, with the ground post of the receiver directly
> grounded. This gave me the best signal strength vs. noise as I found out
> empirically. Noise level was not too bad (I live in an electrically quiet
> area out in the country; my shack is an unattached separate building
> I heard the following stations, their signal reports are as I perceived by
> hearing them relative to the noise level (the RBA doesn't have an S-meter):
>
> NO3M  - 599
> K9MRI - 339 to 449
> K4LY -  599
> KB5NJD - 559 to 579
> WA1ZMS - 589
> K4EJQ - 599
>
> Full QSO's heard:
>
> K9MRI with NO3M
> K9MRI with K4LY
> NO3M with WA1ZMS
> KB5NJD with NO3M
> W1ZMS with K4EJQ
>
> I hope this report is helpful.
>
> Now it's time to build a 630 m antenna and dust off one of my old Navy LF/MF
> transmitters that has been gathering dust waiting for better days, and get
> it on the air!
>
> I really enjoyed this evening even just listening!
>
> 73, Meir WF2U
> Landrum, SC
>
>
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