[COham] Need LF Beacon Reports from CO

[Craig D. Smith]

Hi Paul ...

I'm hearing what seems to be a weak but fairly steady carrier on 480.  About
S2 here in Longmont.  Can't detect any CW.   Not a great antenna - low
inverted L, but did receive the 407 KHz aircraft beacon okay.  R75 receiver.
Will listen more after dark.

73
         ... Craig   AC0DS


Craig D. Smith
PowerSmith Consulting
1009 Alder Way
Longmont, CO  80503
phone:  303-678-7958
email:  Craig at PowerSmith.net
web:  www.PowerSmithConsulting.com
 

<> -----Original Message-----
<> From: coham-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:coham-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
<> Behalf Of W0rw at aol.com
<> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:42 AM
<> To: coham at mailman.qth.net
<> Subject: [COham] Need LF Beacon Reports from CO
<> 
<>  Hi CO guys,
<>    The high bands maybe dead but the Low Bands are still OK..
<> i need some Daytime CO reception reports of the RW LF Beacon...
<>   The 'RW' Beacon, WA2XRM, is sending 'RW' in CW at 20 wpm on 480 kHz
<> continiously all day today, 12/16/06.
<> 
<>    The Beacon is running 125W to a 30 foot vertical in Colorado Springs.
<> 
<>    You might have to disconnect your tuner and hook on your biggest
antenna
<> to your receiver to hear the weak CW signal.
<>    You can optimize your antenna system by tuning in the airport beacon
"CO"
<> on  407 kHz.
<>    Lamp dimmers and computer power supplies can also cause a lot of noise
<> that will mask out low frequency signals.
<>    Night time transmissions are  3 minutes long on the hour and at the
half,
<> (Starting at xx:00 to xx:03 minutes and again at xx:30 to xx:33 minutes
<> synchronized with WWV) from 0000z to 0700z.
<> 
<> 
<> Please send reports to  w0rw at aol.com.
<>   Paul  WA2XRM
<> P.O. Box 6069
<> Colorado Springs, CO 80934
<> 
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