I was QRT last night because of a line of severe thunderstorms in central TN, off to the west
of me (in Hendersonville, NC, just south of Asheville). It was unclear if those storms would be
visiting us here in the mountains, but we did get steady rain that has continued all morning, and
shifted the resonance of my antenna system. I did do some work on my rig, reseating a couple
of boards, and generally tightening/rewiping various connections, etc. The local NDB, "BRA"
at 379 kHz. was measured at about -45dBm, or ~30dB over S9. I have a supply of small capacitors
arriving Tuesday with which I'll rebuild my VE7VV bandpass filter, which will hopefully help reduce
the overloading, etc.
However, conditions seem to be gradually improving, and I'm hoping to hear a lot more folks
on FST4W-120.
73,
Brandy, N1HO (EM85sg until late October)