[Lowfer] Watering hole

[Garry Hess]

Noticed strong signals from NDB DF, 350 kHz, Deer Lake, NL, Canada early 
this morning. Usually NY in Enderby, BC is much stronger in the morning. 
It was there, along with RB in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, but DF was by far 
the strongest signal. That prompted a look for TAG which yielded a first 
decode in just 11 minutes.

2011-02-11 10:17:25 >WOLF10  -r 11099.579 -f 400 -t 1.0 -w 0.0000 -ut
...
10:28:37 f:-0.088 pm:1.942 jm:233 q: -4.7 -7.8 3RZ3ZL3NU/U4.5O ?
10:30:13 f:-0.088 pm:2.380 jm:233 q: -4.2 -5.4 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
10:31:49 f:-0.088 pm:2.917 jm:233 q: -3.2 -4.8 TAG RAYMOND ME  -
...

Tuned to 185.3 kHz next and saw a couple of "WM" visual displays (the 
lower frequency source in Ellsworth, NH) around 1130Z, along with strong 
synthesizer spurs from local SIW. The -12 F weather seems to have really 
livened up the ground wave copy.

Propagation was significantly favoring signals to the east as EMP was 
just barely noticeable and nothing was detected from either WMS or UWL. 
Yet, earlier in the evening the test dots from XDW were received fine.

73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL