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G0FTD > WRC200 11.07.03 05:53l 29 Lines 1029 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Australia and 7MHz.
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VK3JMA sent:-
> Try connecting an antenna.
>
> It may not be as populated as 20m but 'down under' I have a ball on 40m.
Well I can assure you that if you was to compare back in 1990 the european
bands with the bands in SA then it would shock you - trust me you aint
heard nothing :-)
You'd have been lucky to find a slot on 160m which incidently in the UK
is from 1.81 - 2.00 Mhz and it was almost as bad on 80m with hundreds of
commercial and marine traffic. 40m was unusable most of the time what with
Radio Tirana (Pirahna) on our RF doorstep, Radio Moscow and Radio Peking
plus other squigglescript countries using it AND the ruddy jammers :-)
Plus to make it worse Peking and Tirana would often switch freqs IN BAND at a
moments notice in an attempt to beat the jammers.
But my experience in SA with a 120ft long wire and TS820 found the bands only
registering about 5% activity by *comparison.*
Like I said, try europe and you'll see how lucky you are ..
- Andy -
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