[Lowfer] Re: XM-NC listening results

[Dexter McIntyre, W4DEX]

Very interesting Rye.  XM should be .8 Hz higher than NC but that sure
looks to me like you see both very near the same frequency.  If you want
to give it another try tonight I will move NC up 1 Hz.  Set your loop
range for 800 miles and go for it.

Dex

Rye Gewalt wrote:
> 
> Dex:
> 
> I gave a shot at listening for you and Les last night and NC started to come in
> about 10 and stayed strong (10db+ S/N) all night with occasional fades.  I don't
> know if it was propagation changes around 10 or if that's when my local noise
> level dropped  -- in any case, you have your usual good signal into the DC area.
> 
> I didn't see anything of XM until just before local sunrise and I am still not
> sure it was XM --- if it was, you two guys were on the same frequency within
> about .01Hz.  Take a look at this capture photo
> http://www.vais.net/~ryeg/NCXM.jpg.  In the lower capture, here is a signal just
> above NC -- with a little imagination one could cypher XM into the capture.  The
> top capture is around 1:00 and just shows the usual NC strength and S/N.
> Conditions seemed pretty good with little lightning activity and some of the
> typical "ringing" sounds indicative of long range signals -- probably some
> European broadcast stuff.
> 
> So my receiving system does still seem to be working.......   There is a
> possibility that I had the range setting wrong on my super loop -- I set it for
> 500 miles as a compromise between XM and NC and maybe should have set it at 800
> miles to favor XM  <grin>.
> 
> Regards
> Rye