[Lowfer] 137.78 and 185.3 kHz

[Mitch Powell]

Thanks for the capture John - and also enjoy the commentary !
73
Mitch
On 2011-11-01, at 3:56 AM, JD wrote:

> Originally, the plan for tonight called for repeating my PLC survey, but I 
> was sufficiently intrigued by actual signals when I first started looking a 
> little before 8 PM that I didn't get around to starting the survey until 
> after 12:30 AM...and before I got entirely done, the 4-hour battery in my 
> computer finally ran out of juice after 5-1/2 hours of operation.  Attached 
> are a couple of the results.
> 
> MP and XES need no introduction, of course.  MP was audible most of the 
> time, and XES was some of the time, but tended to fade more.  Up at 1750 
> meters, I saw WMS (earlier post), plus SIW at about 185.29945.  For a while 
> during the evening, I could see bits of EAR, but the LW broadcast sidebands 
> were just too overwhelming.  The tilt of the dots and dashes was evident, 
> but one couldn't actually read characters.
> 
> Although WMS was distinctly stronger than SIW before midnight, the latter 
> gained strength after midnight and the two were nearly equal when I ran 
> across them in the PLC survey around 1:15 AM.  I'd love to have done a new 
> capture, but at that point the computer was complaining about the battery 
> level.  Well...I've got to go back to the field to complete the survey again 
> anyway, so there'll be further opportunities!
> 
> John
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