[Lowfer] New beacon "IO" in MD on 185.3001 KHz

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Craig

Thanks for the additional information. We'll be on the lookout for your beacon.

Jay


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "craig wasson" <craig at wasson.com>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] New beacon "IO" in MD on 185.3001 KHz


> Yeah - my antenna is more wide than tall.  We have lots of trees here so
> I'll eventually be trying a 50' transmit loop.
> 
> I can adjust the frequency of the LF-90 fairly easily up to +- 5Hz with the
> crystal cap - so with the 10Hz steps I can go pretty much anywhere.  I spent
> a while contemplating where to plop down and there seemed to be a hole
> around 185.3 but I see it's occupied.  I'll spend a while reviewing other
> captures I can find to decide where to land.  I guess there is not a
> "frequency coordinator" around here?
> 
> I'm pretty sure about my frequency.  One of my esoteric hobbies is
> monitoring LW broadcasters in QRSS120 mode (I've spotted nearly every known
> broadcaster and many more not in any lists) and the station at 183.000 is
> generally quite accurate.  I calibrated my SDR-IQ / SpecLab setup using that
> station before measuring my frequency.
> 
> Unfortunately so far I cannot hear any others on the watering hole here nor
> have I spotted myself on any argo caps I can find, so it's possible I'm
> wavering a bit, but I'm pretty confident I'm within .1 Hz.   Eventually I
> plan to move the beacon about 20 miles from home so I can listen while
> transmitting.
> 
> I'll send an update when I figure out where to QSY.  Blizzard is going well
> - we're up to 28 inches with up to another 10 expected.  So the bottom 10 or
> 15% of the vertical part of  the antenna is buried in snow which can't help.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:22 AM, <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Craig
>>
>> Welcome aboard! How's that blizzard doing?
>>
>> Okay on the LF-90 and 20' vertical. I see that the transmitter can be
>> adjusted in 10 Hz steps which
>> is why you probably selected 185.3001. Unfortunately Bill is scribbling WMs
>> in that frequency range
>> which will make reception difficult. If possible I'd suggest sliding up or
>> down from that frequency
>> (perhaps you can tweak the synthesizer crystal?) to a clear spot. I've
>> attached an Argo of what the
>> band looks like here in New England.
>>
>> Are you reasonably confident your frequency is as listed? With new beacons
>> in the past we've
>> occasionally had to send out 'search parties' to find the beacon -  some
>> were significantly
>> different than the advertised frequency and off the usual Argo screen.
>>
>> Thanks for putting another Lowfer station on the air. I'm looking forward
>> to receiving it!
>>
>> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR (and beacon VD back in the old days)
>>
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