[Lowfer] Continued VE7TIL LF grabber outage...

[Scott Tilley]

Hi All

The VE7TIL 2200m grabber will remain off for another week or so.  This 
is do to a hardware failure in a wide band amplifier in the the DDS 
system.  I'm waiting for some replacement parts as my efforts to make 
repairs with parts on hand were less than satisfactory.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused users.

However, by the grabber returns to operation it will be augmented by a 
new VLF grabber page.  I just finished installing the loop in the garden 
and it is working wonderfully.  I spent the evening last night listening 
to tweeks/atmospherics and comparing my results on the VLF transmissions 
with that of Laurence KL7UK in AK...

Work on preparing a 8970 test transmission into my LF loop continues and 
I expect to have the time to perform QRP tests later in May.  Earth mode 
testing continues and so far best DX has been about 10km.    
Interestingly, the best path seems to be along the shore of ocean here.  
Inland propagation over the poor rocky ground here does not penetrate 
very far.

73 Scott
VE7TIL