[Lowfer] Beacon Distances

Garry Hess k3siw at sbcglobal.net
Sun Oct 10 12:15:08 EDT 2010


I second Todd's suggestion, and would also add include the time/time 
span, frequency, and mode. The latter two items are probably known to 
reflector regulars, but they're easy to include and you never know when 
someone new might be looking at the posts.

Conditions weren't very good over night in NE IL. On 2200m did copy XGJ 
at 137.7798 kHz, QRSS60 until signoff around 0830Z. MP was in there 
slightly higher (137.780 kHz), also on QRSS60. Noticed some traces below 
137.776 kHz around 0915Z but it's uncertain if they were from a real or 
spurious signal.

Did see a steady spurious line on Lawrence's Bartlesville grabber 
(http://kl7uk.com/Bville.html). Couldn't get his Alaskan grabber to 
display. Changing the old URL of http://kl1x.com/alaska.html to the new 
one of http://kl7uk.com/alaska.html produces a "not found" result with 
Firefox 3.6.10. My fault - computers are awful picky, I was supposed to 
use .../Alaska.html! Couldn't tell if there was anything around 137.776 
kHz via the VE7TIL grabber either (http://www3.telus.net/sthed/argo/). 
The expanded ARGO display has been replaced by a display like the F1AFJ 
grabber uses (Spectrum Laboratory), but the frequency scale is not legible.

73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta


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