[Lowfer] 137 kHz

[JD]

>>> John, that's impressive to hear "NA" at your distance. >>>

I'm not sure what the distance is, but I do find it gratifying.  Of course, 
NA is not as regular a visitor as that multi-kilowatt MP beacon ;)  ...just 
one appearance all night on the screen, which I snapped at 1:29:37 AM CDT, 
just before signal strengths fell off so badly.

I found out the reason for that this afternoon.  The ground lug for the coax 
shield slipped off.  Repaired and went a-listening again about 3:30 PM, 
netting HiFer NC and its 60 Hz ghosts that had apparently been exorcised but 
returned, then MP (had to turn the sensitivity down--could actually see the 
signal in 3 second mode!), and finally SIW with a few gaps from a little bit 
of static that showed up.  Saw a carrier on WMS's spot, but it was broken up 
enough that I wouldn't testify to the ID.

Going back out in a little while to do some more captures of PLCs in 100 Hz 
segments of the upper part of 1750m, in preparation for picking my own 
operating frequency.

John
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