[Lf] [Fwd: are you on the air on 136.745 kHz?]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

LF Gang, I have already replied separately to Larry, but thought you may find
his set-up interesting...
Andre'
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Larry Kayser wrote:

> Andre:
>
> Are you really transmitting 7x24 on 136.745?  Is your tx FSK or CW please,
> if FSK what is the shift in Hz please?
>
> If you have any reception reports at 500 miles or greater please let me know
> about them.  I have been looking for your signal at sun set and sun rise and
> at other times in the evening.  I have not heard or seen you yet.  If your
> CW is a 5 WPM as I understand it is then I am surprised that I have not at
> least seen you if not heard you.
>
> I have a new LF converter on its way here now and will put a 500ft long wire
> from the top of my 240 ft tower and tune it up to 137 with a loading coil at
> the far end but I would like to have some sense that there is a signal to be
> heard, ie I would like so known swl reports if they are available,
> especially into New Jersey or New York.  My QTH is about 500 Miles from
> Washington area.
>
> I was interested in doing a trans atlantic over a year ago and built up an
> exciter which is still here waiting to go for a qso..  With the ZL and Vk's
> doing regularly out to 4000Kms, a transatlantic is just doing the necessary
> work to make it happen.  I designed an antenna to make use of a slightly
> modified mobile crane with a 200 ft boom, loading coils and a 750 ft top hat
> parked on the shore at the north atlantic in VO1and using an abandoned
> undersea cable as the ground (nothing like have a real good ground hi).  I
> could not find an competent G's to work with back then.  But the exciter is
> still here......
>
> Larry
> VA3LK