[Lowfer] Lowfer RM

[Andy - KU4XR]

--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> but the capture ON button was not set. 
> Maybe next time I'll remember to set it.

Hi Garry:

You wouldn't beleive how many times I have done that, and 
gotten up the next mornig to a disappointing empty capture
folder.
I looked at the KI0LE grabber last night too and was amazed
at Rogers signal strength. Is he close to KI0LE ?? I haven't
looked him up on QRZ for QTH.
Thanks for glancing at the watering hole again. I plan some
ant. work today, maybe I can squeeze another MilliAmp of RF
out of the system. hi - hi.

Definitely won't accomplish anything sitting here at the
computer though, so I suppose I'd better get up and get 
moving.  73 for now ::::


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


--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Lowfer] Lowfer RM
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:07 AM
> Thanks to Mark for pointing out the
> KI0LE grabber. It's tuned to 189.8 
> kHz and near lowfer RM. The first time I looked at the
> grabber it wasn't 
> showing any signals but last night RM was overloading it
> with a sequence 
> of three QRSS30 "RM" transmissions, then a CW ID period.
> I've been 
> having trouble seeing lowfers with my loop antenna so I
> first looked for 
> RM with an e-probe and SDR-IQ. No luck. But I did discover
> the cockpit 
> error that was causing my reception problems with the
> loop.
> 
> I recently added a CW filter to the IC706MkIIG receiver to
> prevent AGC 
> pumping of HF WSPR signals by other nearby, strong signals
> (thanks for 
> the suggestion Andy!). The radio is fooled to activate the
> filter in SSB 
> modes but the IF shift must be used to place the passband
> at the nominal 
> 1.5 kHz WSPR band center. I generally listen for lowfers
> and NDBs with 
> the tuning set for 400 Hz tone output (my ears and computer
> speaker 
> system respond best at low audio frequencies). I can still
> do that but 
> have to remember to place the IF shift back at its normal
> position. Once 
> I did that the loop outperformed the e-probe as expected.
> 
> Lowfers MP, XR, and CV were clearly evident at the 185.3
> kHz watering 
> hole around 0630Z even with the e-probe. So was WMS on
> 187.492 kHz. 
> About 0830Z the loop was used to listen for RM and Argo was
> set on 
> autopilot, or so I thought. Checking at 1130Z I saw RM
> weakly just below 
> 189.8 kHz using QRSS30, slow. This was local sunrise and
> right then the 
> neighborhood must have awakened because interference
> skyrocketed. RM 
> might have been better earlier but the capture ON button
> was not set. 
> Maybe next time I'll remember to set it.
> 
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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