[Lowfer] No " SAQ " at KU4XR

[Andy - KU4XR]

I got out of bed at 2:15am and went to my computer in the living room
to listen for the transmission, but I think I was half asleep thru it.
I did record it though, so I;ll listen back to it, but I think I;ll
have to agree with Todd; there just wasn't enough signal for me here.
I've had some comments that my filter bandwidth may have been too
narrow for the speed that SAQ was sending at, I had it at 125 Hz.
I went with the thinking that narrow would pull in the audio better.
I think that Bill Ashlock hit the nail on the head, the best thing
I could do to improve VLF reception here would be to construct a
loop antenna. But I also have to use a little rational thinking to,
what's down there to attract me to listen on a fairly regular basis ?

Most likely I won't be able to resist the urge to try again on the
24th.   ***  73   ***

Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 185.29866 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr
http://webpages.charter.net/ku4xr/


--- On Thu, 12/10/09, jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] No " SAQ " at KU4XR
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 7:11 PM
> Agree...1600Z copy not as good as
> 0800Z session.  
> 
> Jay
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com>
> To: <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] No " SAQ " at KU4XR
> 
> 
> > Hi Andy,
> > Thanks for your efforts with the online SAQ receiver.
> Sorry the  signal 
> > wasn't
> > strong enough to override the noise at your location.
> I had  trouble hearing
> > SAQ during their daytime 1600 UTC transmission today
> Dec 10  here right 
> > along the East Coast, 
> > so their signal was definitely weak.  Their 
> > signal sounded weaker  today than it was
> overnight and static from a storm 
> > front
> > that went through  on Wednesday actually sounded
> worse here today than it 
> > did
> > Wed/Thu overnight  hours. This is the opposite of
> what I usually notice
> > on VLF when receiving  SAQ. Usually SAQ is weaker
> at night and stronger
> > during early and midday  hours for me and usually
> less static in the 
> > daytime.
> > 
> > I believe when  thunderstorms get out to the open
> sea 
> > they propagate on VLF better than they  do over
> land. It is a very rare
> > night or day that I don't always hear at  least
> some static on VLF, even in 
> > the dead of winter.
> > And the rare moment that VLF is truly static free only
> lasts a few hours  
> > and I 
> > can count on the static building up quickly again.
> > I think the static  propagates up from the
> caribbean and from the northern
> > part of South America  even in wintertime to my
> location at least.
> > 
> > We will all get another  chance to listen for SAQ
> on their Dec 24th 
> > transmission.
> > 
> > 73 - Todd  WD4NGG
> > 
> >
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