[Lowfer] HIFERS IN DM04 LP

Larry Putman [email protected]
Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:01:39 -0500


Ed,

I don't know what that signal is but I see it here also and it appears 
on a couple of
the captures that I have received from others. Must be wide spread!

73

Larry

Ed Phillips wrote:

>Larry Putman WB3ANQ wrote:
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>>Ed,
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>>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
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>	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
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