[Lowfer] SAQ Test Transmission 02/06 @ 10:00 UTC

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/2008 11:22:47 A.M.  Eastern Standard Time, 
steven.w.barrett at boeing.com writes:
Hi,

My QTH  is Seattle, WA and I have a low frequency receiver (surplus) and
can tune  17.2 Khz  I have an Inverted-L cut for 160M.  Any chance of
hearing  this signal at my QTH?   


SAQ would be an extremely challenging one to hear on the West  Coast in 
Seattle, WA. The SAQ signal is weak enough here on the East Coast but  it has been 
heard in Ohio. To have any chance of hearing SAQ your local  conditions would 
need to be 'dead quiet' on VLF which means not a trace of any  line noise at 
your location and virtually zero static in the band. 
 
Anyone trying for SAQ should try to be familiar with band conditions on  VLF. 
Almost anyone can hear the strong U.S. Navy stations like North Dakota on  
25.2KHz, Jim Creek, WA on 24.8KHz and Cutler, ME on 24.0KHz. These are stations  
running super power like 2 megawatts and located right here in the U.S.
 
SAQ runs 200KW and is located in Sweden. If you are to have any chance of  
hearing SAQ you should be able to copy a comparable European VLF signal  like 
Italy on 20.27KHz and have enough selectivity to separate  stations 200-300Hz 
apart.
 
73 Todd WD4NGG
 
 



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