[Lowfer] watering hole

[Paul Daulton]

Thanks for the report Garry. I guess WMS is full power and problem is 
in meter. Antenna current is normal. 

last night on 10 o'clock news and wx the weatherman said there had been 
a solar event with three large sunspots. Supposed to have more on 
6'oclock news tonight about how this will affect communications. I dont 
know much about space weather so I wish someone would comment. 

I've been working with a friend who lives about 10 miles away. He is 
comming back to ham radio after a hiatus of several years. We have him 
set up with ARGO and SPECTRAN but he is using a TS430 and hasnt had any 
luck picking me up. We are going to build a couple of Lyle's sdr 
downconverters for Spectrum lab and a pa0rdt mini whip antenna. Dave 
wants to put up a beacon at his home in N Little Rock and one at his 
lakeside home at Greers Ferry lake near Heber Springs AR. Dave is a 
registered professional engineer and had a business constructing AM and 
FM stations so he is very knowledgeable about antennas. 

Tnx again 73

Paul

Quoting Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net>:
> Monitored around 185.3 kHz most of the night. Was pleased to see the
> upper WM come through immediately when I started around 0400Z. By 0515Z
> the lower WM was appearing in the ARGO QRSS30, slow waterfall, along
> with WMS and traces of UWL. At 0730Z WMS was strong enough to be seen in
> QRSS3 bandwidth. 
>
> At 0930Z shifted tuning to look for EMP. Haven't noticed that lowfer
> since Feb 9. Now I know why. Its frequency had shifted up to 185.590
> kHz, placing it just below a pair of strong carriers. That masked it
> from view with my usual coarse SpectraVue SDR-IQ display. Looking with
> Spectrum Laboratory and a 100 Hz spread, EMP was readily apparent and
> strong enough to decode CW aurally. 
>
> Spent the rest of the morning monitoring 518 kHz, where signals looked
> normal. 
>
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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Paul Daulton K5WMS
beacon WMS 185.302 khz qrss30/slow 24/7
Jacksonville,Ar 72076
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