[Lowfer] Re: Lowfer Digest, Vol 21, Issue 2

[Ed Phillips]

There is never much activity during the summer months. But everyone is 
still listening... If you have a good project to discuss, the list will 
come to life again.

I've been enjoying the talk on the SoftRock 40 SDR group on Yahoo. It is 
a cheap and simple Software Defined Radio that uses a stereo sound card 
to demodulate and display a 22KHz to 96KHz wide section of the HF band. 
With some redesign you could do the same for Lowfer frequencies. Would 
it be an improvement, I don't know.....

73, Doug Reed, N0NAS."

    Look at the old ham radio magazines like QST, particularly "in the 
days of spark".  Summer was a time to shut down the station and rebuild 
although a few adventureous individuals did try summertime operation and 
good contacts were rare enough to be worth comment.  I remember one 
particular QST cover (May or June) with a picture of "The Static Babies 
Growing" and getting ready for summer.  Interestingly enough, the best 
LF listening I've ever had here was around noon on hot and very dry 
summer days.  (Nights are NEVER quiet !!!)I had a number of QSO's with 
Mike Mideke (~220 miles, regular CW by earball) when he was running Z2 
at San Carpejo Creek and it was during times like this.  I remember one 
in particular where he was worried about the forest fires raging in his 
area and wondering if he should evacuate. 

Ed