[Lowfer] Lowfers

[Garry Hess]

Saw the following note on tje LWCA message board at http://lwca.org/mb/:

 >I am trying something new with the format of Beacon BR - effective 
 >now, I have added a 10-minute block of QRSS at the top of every hour 
 >during which time one complete CW ident of "BR" is transmitted 
 >(QRSS10?? Dot/intra-dit 0:30, dash length 1:15, space length 1:35). 
 >The remainder of each hour (00:10:00 to 00:59:59 will continue to 
 >feature alternating minutes of all-CW and mixed Voice + CW 
 >identification.

 >Fine adjustment of the timing of the hour-long audio file will likely 
 >be necessary over the coming days to ensure the beacon remains as much 
 >on-schedule as practical to start on-the-dot each hour with WWV. The 
 >file length needs to be compensated for track-reload time and the 
 >slight MP3 player playback rate difference. Time will tell how much 
 >temperature will also affect the MP3 player's day-to-day gain/loss of 
 >time - may need to physically re-sync each week. Also, during QRSS 
 >mode, there is about a 4-Hz carrier frequency shift when the 
 >transmitter goes from a long zero-key period to full-carrier (and 
 >transmitter components begin warming up again), so one might see dips 
 >at the start of each line on a waterfall scan (different than during 
 >normal keying and voice mode when the transmitter is more consistantly 
 >outputting and "warmed-up").

 >The intent is to try to have BR provide the largest variety of receive 
 >options the equipment can yield, so if there are any requests or input 
 >for tweaks to the format or timing (maybe scheduling longer /slower 
 >QRSS blocks), feel free to let me know.

 >-Darwin Long
 >BR 185.585kHz CW/QRSS, 186.0kHz LSB voice

I saw the QRSS frequency-shifted transmissions here somewhat before 
0740Z so the timing still needs some work.

Lowfers WMS and SJ were good ARGO copy overnight, and TAG decoded 
quickly in Wolf mode. But only hints of WM were seen at the watering 
hole so perhaps the antenna detuned by the ice storm back East. Not sure 
of the extent of it but saw Bob's note that he had to shut down WE2XGR/6 
because of it.



2011-12-26 11:21:02 >WOLF10  -r 11099.941 -f 400 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000 -ut
11:21:26 f: 0.012 a:-0.7 dp: 68.7 ci:10 cj:290 8*CEGR5.71VS3/M ?
11:21:50 f:-0.001 a: 0.2 dp: 67.4 ci: 7 cj: 91 HD6Q0 ???V7VK/E ?
11:22:38 f: 0.000 a: 0.1 dp: 67.3 ci: 8 cj:241 KV307FBDT???357 ?
11:24:14 f:-0.312 pm:2.285 jm:565 q:-14.3 -5.9 HQCH0SNJFF1BQ4I -
11:25:50 f:-0.107 pm:2.937 jm:837 q:-10.4 -8.4 8V1O/6J/CV4.KMC ?
11:27:26 f:-0.107 pm:4.310 jm:837 q: -8.0 -8.4 ???.Z..Y/8*CLZW ?
11:29:02 f:-0.107 pm:4.830 jm:837 q: -7.5 -8.5 27*/IVH8V.G4L*L ?
11:30:38 f:-0.107 pm:5.820 jm:837 q: -6.9 -7.4 N/4/SNIMV7X0U4S ?
11:32:14 f:-0.107 pm:9.099 jm:837 q: -5.6 -7.7 CIO/.Z???2S2ZXS ?
11:33:50 f:-0.107 pm:9.687 jm:837 q: -4.9 -7.1 FV8K/Y 743X/OJ1 ?
11:35:26 f:-0.107 pm:10.94 jm:837 q: -4.5 -5.3 TAG RAYMOND ME  ?
11:37:02 f:-0.107 pm:12.02 jm:837 q: -3.6 -4.4 TAG RAYMOND ME  -

-- 
73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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