[Lowfer] QRSS I'm Confused (Long)

[Douglas D. Williams]

Hey Bill. Try the Part 5 "watering hole". 137.780kHz, QRSS60. See how
your antenna does there.

-Doug KB4OER

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Bill & Becky <wmarvin at hickorytech.net> wrote:
> Hi Group  Over the past few months I've been setting up so I can receive QRSS because its interesting and not easy to do well and I wanted to graduate from NDB's
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> I'm perplexed that within a hour of  hooking my self modified TT RX320D and using Spectran for the first time I logged
> SIW at noon CST here in SO. MN.........only 300 miles away but very strong.  I thought this setup must be working?? Well
> so  I thought
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> Since then ( 10 days) their hasn't been a hint of any QRSS reception even a hint. At night I've parked on key frequencies having Spectran record captures every 40 minutes throughout the night or daytime just nothing!!
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> Don't laugh but the antenna my bright idea.  I folded and strung 250' of wire, coupled it to a 9:1 magnetic UNUN and grounded the coax at coupler............it receives ALLOT of energy!! No common mode junk however I discovered to my dismay this antenna also receives straight up!  I thought I had a local noise issues at times until I discovered that the noise is being picked up was caused by minor auroral changes!!   I'm not kidding!  Don't make this antenna for LF-VLF!
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> The bottom line is I'm looking for idea's for a receiver and antenna for Lowfer reception for a city lot...........I'm abandoning
> ship with my concoction.........it doesn't hurt to try.  You may contact me off list at  wmarvin at hickorytech.net  or pummel me here.
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> Best DX
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> Bill KB9IV
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