[Lf] Re: Reception Report of WA2XTF/12 from Mechanicsburg, PA.

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Hello Richard,
Thanks for the comments.
I totally agree with you: LF is exactly that: enjoying the thrill of building
things, trying hard, and eventually succeeding :-)
This is what radio was all about, until everyone started believing that talking
through a repeater was a big deal.
The great thing, in my mind, about LF, is that i is probably one of the last
frontiers: you have to reconsider everything you had taken for granted in
recent years, like... instant communications by clicking on something
If you are interested, you are most welcome to join the <lf at amrad.org>
reflector, it is free of charge (and cholesterol free too)
You will be getting a QSL card one of these days.

73
Andre' N4ICK
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Richard Goodman wrote:

> Andre,
>     I have just finished modifying my new Ten Tec R320 and have also just
> completed the  "A Universal LF/MF Preamplifier  by Lyle Koehler"   project.
>  Both of these projects were completed at approx 1 AM EST last night (Jan
> 20).  I was rewarded upon turning on the receiver by a beautiful trace from
> the 136.745 KHz beacon on my computer running Spectran Beta 2C.  I found
> the beacon signal to be quite weak at 1 AM (but most definitely there all
> the time).  As I type this,  it's 11:30 AM on 21 Jan and I can actually
> hear the beacon on 136.745 and see the other beacon about 5 Hz below it on
> Spectran.  Both beacons are very strong.
>     I have built a 20 foot diameter active loop but it seems that my 160
> meter sloper outperforms the loop considerably!   I sat copying the dit's &
> dah's and received your message:
>
>         "WA2XTF/12 PLEASE QSL TO N4ICK AT AMRAD.ORG VVVVVV"
>
>    A super job guy's..... this is the most fun I've had on Amateur radio in
> many,  many years !!!!
>
>         Best of 73
>
>         Dick Goodman,  WA3USG
>         199 Maple Lane
>         Mechanicsburg, PA.  17055
>
>         wa3usg at compuserve.com
>
> PS  -   Mechanicsburg is about 10 miles South West of Harrisburg (Grid
> FN10)