[Lowfer] WMS beacon still off

[PAUL DAULTON]

Thanks for that info. My spectrum display is 24khz wide. When I am set up
 on the part 15 band I can see
GLS(205) and BDQ(208) on my screen, which I use to determine the band
 condition. WEB(454mi) is usually copied even with my
beacon on less than 2khz away. It is odd that I have never been able to
 copy CV at a distance of 250 miles, I have
only once copied the CFV ndb which is just a few miles from Charles. Some
 say 250 miles is a bad distance for lowfer
and AM BC reception.
I read somewhere the administration is going to shut down loran as a cost
 saving measure. I wonder about the NDB's?
Best info I have is one's in this area are owned and maintained by the
 municipal airports.
Thanks
Paul k5wms
-----Original Message-----
From: "Steve Ratzlaff" <steveratz at wildblue.net>
Sent: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:57:06 -0700
To: "PAUL DAULTON" <k5wms at aristotle.net> 
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WMS beacon still off
 
 
Hi Paul,  
Just to set your mind at rest, 206 GLS has been off lately. Since GLS is  
audible just about anywhere in North America, at least at night, its
 absence  
on the few times it goes off (for unknown reasons), is certainly
 noteworthy.  
(It must be a rockcrusher-level signal for you, when it's on.)  
73,  
Steve  
NE Oregon (where GLS is always easily heard at night)  
 
----- Original Message -----  
From: "PAUL DAULTON" <k5wms at aristotle.net>  
To: <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>; <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>  
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 7:10 AM  
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] WMS beacon still off  
 
 
>I turned in about 0130 local this morning and hadnt seen WEB. About  
> midnight I looked for CV and when I returned I  
> forgot to reset the capture button. Oh well . I see some NDB's around
 the  
> state at usuall strength but no long distance  
> like GLS.  
> I've been playing around with my NB and NR functions on my SDR. Odd but
 in  
> the daytime there is a dramatic drop in the base line and  
> noise amplitude, night time it is barely noticeable. At night the  
> difference is notable on the argo screen, so NB is effective.  
> Warren wasnt on last night. I wonder how many DB Johns wolf signal is  
> below Warrens Qrss signal. Back in the winter I was able  
> to decode the higher power Wolf transmissions. Night before last I
 trimmed  
> up my calibration on XGJ for the Elektor rec.  
> Thanks for the report there is hope yet!  
> 73 Paul k5wms