[Lowfer] HIFERS IN DM04 LP

[Ed Phillips]

Larry Putman WB3ANQ wrote:
> 
> Ed,
> 
> All of my calculations show that without the extra gain of that beam you
> would probably not copy me.
> Also shows the best time to copy me would be between 14 and 15 UTC. or
> 6am to 7 am your time.
> Are you ever up that early and could check?
> Next best times are between 21 and 0200 UTC but at a lower signal strength.
> 
> *Warning Any Calculations I make should be taken with a grain of salt*  :-)
> 
> 73
> 
> Larry

	I generally take a listen around 6:30 to 7:00 each morning, at least on
the days when I don't leave for work at 5:45.  This morning MP was very
strong at that time, but didn't hear LP or much of anything else.  Right
now I'm copying LP very weakly, NW, TIL, RT, GA, MP, and HI.

	I'm not sure whether the beam has much gain at that frequency or not,
since the bottom design frequency is 14 MHz, or around 3% higher. 
However, as I said it is quieter and does show some directivity, which
might help reduce the background noise.  I was copying you very weakly a
few minutes ago (2200 UTC +/-), but nothing right now.  What I do
observe bracketing your frequency is a multi-frequency stepping signal
which is generally much stronger but, like LP, shows a lot of QSB and I
can get glimpses of LP when it is absent and vice versa.  Any idea what
it is?

Ed