Transatlantic Tests.

Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:45:01 -0000

January 1999  136 kHz  Transatlantic Test transmission times from G3XTZ.

All transmissions  on 137.760,  using slow-cw with a four second dot time.

Sending callsign only ...  G3XTZ .....  repeated.

Friday,    15th:           22.53   till   00.31
Saturday 16th:           23.01  till    23.58       ( Note : at this time I
found that the aerial had broken,
                                                                    and the
SWR meter  exploded, so  the transmission
                                                                    was not
continuous ! )

Sunday  17th :           00.16   till    01.24
                                21.55    till    23.59.

Power  0.6 W ERP.   Aerial system 20 mtr vertical, 20 mtr top capacitance
loading, base inductive loading.

Thanks for the reports received so far, from Rik, ON7YD; Peter, DJ8WL and
Marco, IK1ODO.

73 de G3XTZ.

Graham B. Phillips
g3xtz@rgcomms.demon.co.uk