[Lowfer] WEOH signal plots

Sun, 18 Jan 2004 21:54:17 -0600

The loop wire is pretty heavy and holds its own with the wind. It really
doesn't move much. The most movement comes from the multiple trees that it
is hanging in. They are various sized and flex differently which make the
lower run move up and down in the bottom corners. When it gets back to
normal temps, I will get some ropes and springs out there to hold it down
better. The N/S loop used to whip around more than this one does now. My
guess to the variable signals you see up there, is multipath and ground wave
and skywave adding and canceling. A radio signal lives a complex life huh???

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Lyle Koehler
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WEOH signal plots

My DSS satellite receiver puts out a horrible, broad signal around 165 kHz.
I'm not even sure that's the fundamental, but fortunately there are no other
harmonics in the LowFER band. The harmonics from that thing are S7 on 80
meters.

Bill, I don't think the wild signal variations I'm seeing are caused by
movement in Mike's loop, although that could mess up the measurements. At
the moment the wind is less than 8 MPH and the temp is -10 F. I'll run some
plots during the day tomorrow when the skywave propagation supposedly is not
a factor, and I expect that signals will be stable then.

Lyle