[Lowfer] Tuesday Afternoon in the Field

Mitch Powell mitch.powell at sympatico.ca
Tue Apr 3 21:38:17 EDT 2012


John:
Thanks for that report - both hifer and lowfer. The hifer antenna now hangs from a tree branch and the bottom is
about one foot from the ground.  I guess I better leave it, based on your report.
Always wondering about 137 - and whether there really is a season for shutting down, but will certainly 
continue - I haven't had to adjust the "Ashlock" loop for the past two months - ultra-stable device.

73

Mitch
On 2012-04-03, at 7:57 PM, JD wrote:

> Propagation on 22 meters was much more stable than this time last week. 
> HiFERs MP, NC, and USC were nicely visible.  MP and USC were plainly audible 
> much of the time, also.  However, SIW continues to be among the missing. 
> And COM, which was not very clear last week, was absent this time.
> 
> 
> Some good news to report from Sunday, though--MP at 137.78 was nice and 
> clear with solar noon midway between us.  Static was only up to S9 that day 
> on peaks, with a few clear instants between crashes and crackles.
> 
> John D 



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