[Lowfer] Captured all 5 on 185.300?

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Sat, 02 Nov 2002 14:08:58 -0500


On 2 Nov 2002 at 12:47, Bill Ashlock wrote:

> Hi Larry,
> 
> >Conditions were not that great last night and it
> >sure is not easy to get 5 stations that fade in and out
> >at different times all in one shot. Here is my link to
> >the best capture I could get with all 5 stations.
> 
> Looks pretty good! Wonder how Vern and Mitch made out last night?
> 
> Thanks
> Bill

This got me interested, so I fired up the old Drake R8, hooked up the big 
antenna...and right on 185.3 is a S9+++ 60 cycle hum. At least, sound 
like a hum, but you can tune away from it. Shut off computer, noise went 
away. Only thing is, hard to run Argo without the computer....

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