[Lowfer] 137.78 watering hole

[Chris - KC0TKS]

Jay,

My grabber IS hit or miss. When I put it up it was only going to be for 
a couple of nights. I enjoyed it so much, I decided to leave it up 
anytime I am not using the rig for anything else.

When looking at my grabber, do not assume it is "live". Always check the 
time/date on the capture. I don't think it was live last night until 
around 0500z. (I forgot to start it!)

Chris - KC0TKS



jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> Chris
>
> XNS (137.781 kHz) was on for the period ~ 0200 - 0400Z last night. Nothing was seen on your grabber 
> yet signals into the VE7TIL were 'normal' strength. I've noticed that your grabber has been 'hit or 
> miss' showing signals. I've wondered several times if your antennas was intermittant, or got 
> disconnected, or perhaps there is stong local interference that blanks out any trace of signals. 
> Might be worth looking into.
>
> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris - KC0TKS" <kc0tks at att.net>
> To: "Lowfer" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:23 AM
> Subject: [Lowfer] 137.78 watering hole
>
>
>   
>> Although I neglected to report it, the watering hole 3 nights ago was
>> HOT. I copied XNS, MP, XGJ and XKO. XGJ and XKO were "dogbones" most of
>> the time and all of the others seemed stronger than usual.
>>
>> The last two nights, I haven't seen so much as a blip. Did my antenna
>> freeze to death or was there just nobody on? The last time this
>> happened, I had accidentally left my attenuator switched in. Not the
>> case this time.
>>
>>
>> Chris - KC0TKS
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