[Fwd: LF: transatlantic tests]

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Andre' Kesteloot wrote:

> Hello Dave and the rsgb lf Gang
>
> dave wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all the guys for setting up this event. I'm sorry you had bad
> > luck with the weather (it's usually so nice in January!?) I know what havoc
> > WX can cause to portable exploits.
>
> the weather was indeed less than clement, with a real tornado creating
> atmospheric crashes in the background!
>
> > I hope you are not too discouraged and will maybe try again one day. It
> > certainly raised a lot of interest in the band and many new reports were
> > made this side.
>
> We are not discouraged at all.  Indeed, we are  _delighted_  with both the
> results we got, and the fact that additional interest was generated in Europe.
>
> We heard lots of DX --still to be published-- (watch this space for further
> reports), including Lowfers from Pennsylvania (As you know Lowfers can feed a
> maximum of 1 watt DC input into 50 ft of wire). The distance between their QTH
> in Pennsylvania and Nags Head has not yet been established but was a minimum of
> 300 miles.
>
> We will publish more reports as they become available
>
> 73
> Andre'