[Lowfer] Signals in NE IL

[Garry Hess]

The evening started fine with SJ coming through via QRSS20, ARGO, slow 
on 186.8493 kHz. However, a long look at the 185.3 kHz watering hole 
didn't produce anything other than local SIW. Conditions were good early 
morning to the SW as several Mexican NDBs were logged along with the 
usual MOG in CA on 404 kHz. 518 kHz Navtex decoding was normal except 
that Bermuda, $04B, managed to capture of long-winded $12C in San 
Francisco once. The morning noise floor here is rather quiet but only 
the usual cast of LF/VLF signals is being seen, including the Alpha family.

Might have done better but Santa Claus, on a pre-flight check, knocked 
over our Christmas tree in the middle of the night. So time had to be 
spent cleaning up instead of tuning the radio.

73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL