[Lowfer] 137.778.7?

[Dale Parfitt]

John Andrews wrote:

> Dale,
>
> > Argo captured a signal on 137.778.7 last night- just below what I am able
> to
> > discern. Appears to be QRSS30- anyone know of a beacon in that area. I was
> > looking N-S from western Carolina
>
> There's no beacon there, so it must have been something else.  Assuming your
> frequency cal is OK, it wasn't a nearby Loran line. You should have seen
> Loran lines at 137,776.104 and 137,781.124 from the Northeast U.S. chain.
>

XSR was exactly where he claims to be- so think CAL is OK- this is a 756PRO and
seems quite stable once left on. NC also looks to bewithin 0.1HZ of where Dex
says it is.

>
> With fading and noise, weak stable signals can easily be chopped up enough
> to look like QRSS. That's one big advantage for frequency-shifted modes like
> DFCW.
> I had considerred this as I inspected the trace more carefully.

>
> VO1NA was definitely transmitting on 137.777 kHz last night, but with long
> gaps for listening or whatever.
>

If I can see it again, I'll start rotating the loop to see if I can enhance the
trace.

> Dale___________________________
>