[Lowfer] XR in NE IL

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi Garry:

TNX for your RPT. I am on this weekend specifically because of
the quieter WX across the nation. and to see what happens with 
my ant. experiments. I'm trying to improve the " throwed together "
setup to get on the air with last season. The difficulty in the
experimenting part is lowering, and raising the ant. by myself,
so any job becomes very time consuming. According to the Indio
distance calculator; we are right at 500 miles apart, and still 
in the noisy season so not bad I suppose. Hope yopu have a good
weekend;  73 for now:


Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Lowfer] XR in NE IL
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 8:08 AM
> Andy, nice to see lowfer beacon XR
> again here near Chicago! Looked on 
> 184.322.2 kHz using ARGO QRSS60, slow over night and found
> the signal 
> around midnight, 0500Z. It faded into my noise floor by
> 0800Z but picked 
> back up as local sunrise neared and was pretty decent
> around 1000Z. The 
> lightning map at http://thunderstorm.vaisala.com/explorer.html cleared 
> through the night and that helped too. Thanks for putting
> XR back on the 
> air. Haven't been able to copy anything other than the old
> reliables (MP 
> and EAR) for awhile now.
> 
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
>