[Lowfer] Beacon XR attempt in Mechanicsburg, PA.

[Andy - KU4XR]

Thanks for trying Dick:  At the moment, my setup is not up to par
with the " Big Guns " of 1750 meters, such as TAG, MP, NC, etc.
Right now my groundwave is between 125 to 150 miles on software
copy. Audible copy is probably around 20 to 25 miles. I have no 
idea what distance could be expected by skywave. Again, tnx for
trying. 73,  Andy - KU4XR


--- On Sun, 9/28/08, Richard Goodman <wa3usg at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Richard Goodman <wa3usg at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Lowfer] Beacon XR attempt in Mechanicsburg, PA.
> To: "LowFER Group" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 11:08 AM
> Andy,
>    Well, we let her run all night but wasn't able to
> copy anything either by
> ear or via QRSS. I even stayed up until 4 AM staring at all
> the random noise
> on the ARGO screen! The distance between us is a bit over
> 500 miles.
> Conditions were somewhat strange last night. The band
> really sounded good.
> I'm running the SDR-IQ receiver and I could see lots of
> NDB's above 200 KHz.
> Funny thing was that there were storms up in the area, I
> would see flashes
> of sheet lightning out the window and at that moment, there
> would be a
> static crash in the radio. That would maybe be every 30
> seconds or so, other
> then that the band was quiet. Usually, when there's
> storms, it's a constant
> barrage of static crashes. Last night I tried both a large
> multi turn loop
> and my AMRAD E-Field probe.  Over the last few years
> I've copied the
> following folks:
> 
> NC - Stanfield, NC
> WA - Andover, MA.
> TH - Colts Neck, NJ
> TAG - Holden, MA
> LEK - Aitkin, MN
> BRO - Duluth, MN
> XMGR - Helena, AL (725 miles)
> 
>     I also attempted COV in Oklahoma but had no luck. All
> of the stations
> above are within 300 miles or so with the exception of Les,
> XMGR. I just
> might have to wait for a night when conditions are better.
> 
> 73
> Dick, WA3USG
> Mechanicsburg, PA.
> FN10LE
> 
> 
> 
> 
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