[Lowfer] static still hanging in there ...

[Scott Tilley]

  Hi Jay & list

If it's any consolation I'm having the same issue hearing you and John, 
see my grabber as I usually delay start up of TX tests until atleast 
0500-0600UTC...  I can see traces of you but the QRN knocks you out.

Hopefully things will get better as the season advances.

2KW tests here revealed heating on most tuner components so until I 
improve cooling in there 1.1KW seems to be the beacon setting where 
things run nice and cool.  2KW is truly for pushing things up the extra 
couple of dB to get the QSO...

73 Scott




On 9/18/2010 12:43 PM, jrusgrove at comcast.net wrote:
> Haven't had much luck with TIL so far and chalked it up to the static that's been present most every
> morning ... so decided to have a look.
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> The plot below starts at 6 am local - about a half hour before official sunrise. Red speckle to blue
> speckle is in the 10 - 15 dB range. Note the 'deep blue' conditions ~ 0715 to 0745 and then the
> intermittant static picks back up making vertical lines. Not sure what causes the period of 'deep
> blue' as the Tstorms most likely causing the static have been relatively constant for a couple
> hours. Antenna is large K9AY pointed west.
>
> MP emerges from the noise to typical daytime reception levels.
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> http://www.w1vd.com/137778staticlevel.gif
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> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
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