[Lowfer] XGR/3 WOLF Again

[wa3usg at verizon.net]

Tuesday night .... WOLF would lock up for one or two decoding periods and then print garbage. If I restarted it, it would do the same thing again. The signal was very strong but I was having lots of static crashes because of the weather. I was using my SDR-IQ. I put in all the attenuation that I had and one time it locked up for three decoding periods, but that was my best for the evening. Usually it copies very reliably. My f: was always less then .150. Was there some unusual conditions last night or was it just the static? I didn't know what the heck was going on. 

73
Dick, WA3USG
Mechanicsburg, PA.


From: "Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore)" <L.Howell at conocophillips.com>
Date: 2008/03/19 Wed PM 12:03:10 CDT
To: Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] XGR/3 WOLF Again

Just occasional locks here - no decode over the period.

I heard Japenese MW stations this morning for the first time so things are presently getting better, from what is  a very poor state at this geo/mag latitude. Good strong sigs from JJY on 40/60 kHz  and nearly nothing from wwvb

The SDR IQ/eprobe  doesn't like the local Broadcast MW stations much even with a 7 ele 500 LPF, and I have a couple of products appearing which I don't like.. I'm going to have to make the filtering tighter hf of 500.
Loads of 50/100 Kw stations in the high 500 and 800 Khz range here.


Thanks for the sigs John.

Tonight will be my last night here operating from Alaska.

Laurence KL1 x BP51 Wasilla/Palner


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