[Lowfer] New Guy... Looking to do some Lowfer'ing

Thu, 06 Nov 2003 12:16:47 -0600

Great, Thanks Gary!

I will try that this evening...

>From: "DTX" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Lowfer] New Guy... Looking to do some Lowfer'ing
>Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 07:30:44 -0800
>
>I also have an Icom 718 and yes it will work.  It is not great but you can
>listen around and try antennas and such.  If you get over this burst of
>silliness and move on to something else, then you didn't waste any $$ <G>.
>If the bug bites deep and you can't kick the habit, I am sure you will want
>to get something with better sensitivity for the cold, quiet winter
>evenings.  Here in southern California I can hear WWV at 60kHz and the 
>Loran
>(and side bands) at 100kHz +/- 10kHz just using my short, stubby 80M
>inverted L antenna by bypassing the (external) antenna tuner.
>
>If you are inside with normal human temperatures (60 to 80F?) the stability
>should be good enough for QRSSS work.  Do a 12hr Argo run on WWV (L or B,
>never can remember which is the 60kHz station) and from a cold start you
>should see it settle right in within the first hr or so and be essential a
>straight line from the 1 to 2 hour point for the rest of the run.  You
>should start at the 3 or 10 second dot time for the first hr and then 
>switch
>to 60 or 120 second dot times.  I could look around here for my captures,
>but if memory serves me right, there was 10 or 12 Hz drift in that first
>hour or so.
>
>And you should have several stations you can see....one in OK, think there
>is one in LA.  And AL and MN maybe, depending on your antenna.  I have not
>succeeded in seeing any of the "back east" stations from our here, but then
>I don't have a real LF antenna either.
>
>Best of luck,
>
>Gary WA6DTX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "2TX240 Bow" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:11 AM
>Subject: [Lowfer] New Guy... Looking to do some Lowfer'ing
>
>
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > My name is Bow and I am in the NW Houston, TX area...
> >
> > I want to set up a beacon on the Lowfer and possibility Hifer freqs...
> >
> > I was able to find a 180kHz crystal and a 13.56 Mhz crystal ytesterday
>while
> > poking around in my local electorins surplus house...
> >
> > now I just need some schematics... ;)
> >
> > I was wondering what gear you guys use to Recieve teh Lowfer signals?
> >
> > I have a Icom IC-718 that will go down to 30 kHz and I have the DSP
> > installed in it... Will that work?
> >
> > Sorry for the newbie type questions.
> >
> >
> > 73's
> >
> > Bow
> >
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