[Dx-qsl] SWL data is correct, but

Fri Feb 23 14:09:13 EST 2007

In einer eMail vom 23.02.2007 19:03:07 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt 
m5aav at btinternet.com:
This is one reason why I insist on more than one QSO to be reported
upon. If the SWL heard you - and got the callsign of your
'qso-partner' it would have been fairly easy for him to hear the next
QSO - or at least make comment on band conditions. 
Yes, that is exactly what I recommend - and I'm a SWL (and a Ham)
It is possible [grey-line] that he did hear you - but personally I
have very grave doubts, especially in the middle of a big contest - as
you say the EU QRM would have been pretty horrendous.
I wonder if Andreas has any thoughts on this.
Well, I checked my logs. During the last 8 years, I have 24 JA stations 
logged
on 80m and 8 verified. That's not too bad because as an SWL I'm surely not 
in 
the first row in getting QSLs and I send all my cards via the bureau. So 
hopefully
there will be more answers. And 80m is not my preferred band. Only 92 DXCC
verfied here.

Speaking of EU-QRM: I use here a TIMEWAVE DSP-599zx filter. This is really 
great.
I was able to hear 6F1IHF (Mexico - NA-183 that's in the pacific site !) on 
40 m cw.
I set the bandwith down to 100 Hz (or less- can' t remember exactly) and I 
could hear 
them (RST was 469). But I've heard nothing without my filter. And they 
worked split.
And what antenna I had used? Believe it or not: just a simple 20m wire 
hanging out 
of my window ! And I have logged 2 stations - NOT in the cluster!
I will never forget this hearing as my filter was brandnew and I was highly 
surprised.

And I have heard antarctic stations (even made some sound files) just with a 
20m
wire... okay - that was on 20m.

What I wanted to say is, that it IS possible. And a fact is, that you can 
understand
calls transmitted in cw, while you can't understand the call if it is 
transmitted in SSB.

Just my 2 cents...
Have a nice weekend and take care.

vy 73
Andreas - DE1DXX (SWL) - DO1DXX (HAM)
QSL-manager DL0KM / DL0M

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QSL-manager DL0KM and DL0M
JO31GN DOK L14 CQ14 ITU28
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