[Lowfer] SIW with traces of WMs

[Garry Hess]

Thanks for the report Dex. I was happy to get a decode of Andy's WSPR 
signal on 185.7 kHz last night - bare minimum -28 dB SNR but it counts. 
Tuned later to the watering hole but didn't see anything of the
WMs, only traces of WMS and local SIW. Don't know why I have such 
trouble copying the WMs. SJ generally comes in fine from CT with only 
QRSS20, a 1288 km path. TAG in ME has been decoding too, a 1470 km path. 
The WM paths are similar in length and in the same general direction.

Radio noise was down last night because I identified a wall wart power 
supply that was making noise at the watering hole. It was powering a 2.4 
GHz video link for my IP server and has been replaced by another wall 
wart that's quiet. I still normally have a 60-Hz harmonic comb at VLF 
that does not respond to common-mode filtering. Interestingly, the 
Russian alpha stations still display fine on narrowband waterfalls.

73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL