[Lowfer] Sleepless in Illinois

[Andy - KU4XR]

--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Peter Barick <pbarick at niu.edu> wrote:


> I went out and turned the loop ::::


AHH Yes !! The good old fashioned " Armstrong Rotator System "
It's been around since the beginning of directional antennas.

hi hi !!


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 Wed, 2/18/09, Peter Barick <pbarick at niu.edu> wrote:

> From: Peter Barick <pbarick at niu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Sleepless in Illinois
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 1:29 PM
> Garry,
> 
> Another good, general LF reporting.
> 
> I also hung out at 185.30 last night until 10:30P, heard
> some QRN but of low intensity. MP displayed well through the
> evening as I looked for Wm (nothing seen). During this time
> the W3EEE grabber showed Wm beneeth MP.
> 
> I looked for 3OHH at 190.50 but nothing seen using QRSS-10
> on Argo.
> 
> However, given MP's good display, I went out and turned
> the loop from E-W to more NE. It degraded the MP's
> presence. Surprised such a slight change of a broad loop did
> that.
> --Peter
> --------------------------------------
> 
> >>> Garry and Linda Hess
> <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> 02/18/09 11:03 AM >>>
> Bill and Peter,
> 
> Last night's monitoring for WM was hopeless as static
> crashes generally 
> even obliterated MP. Too bad because propagation to the
> west, and 
> presumably to the east as well, was decent. I copied Navtex
> station VAJ 
> <...>
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