[Lowfer] SAQ TEST TRANSMISSION 2012-01-12

[Laurence KL7UK]

Stay warm John - too much noise here in town but Im capturing remote in Alaska and should refresh every couple of mins

 http://kl7uk.com/VLFAlaska.html

Laurence KL7UK remote from Okie



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> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 22:52:32 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] SAQ TEST TRANSMISSION 2012-01-12
> 
> There's a low pressure system spinning up in the southwest that may bring 
> severe weather to the Deep South on Tuesday, so I'm fearful of what the 
> static levels may be like here in the Plains by daybreak.  But I'm going to 
> give it a try.
> 
> Right now, the mobile listening post is covered in frost, just as it was on 
> the morning of Christmas Eve...although I was in the field well before it 
> got so frosty that night, and tonight the frost is glistening in the 
> moonlight while I am yet at home.  The car is loaded up with most of the 
> gear.  The receiver is already in position and warming up while the car's 
> electrical system is on umbilical power from the gantry--I mean, back porch. 
> Indoors, the upconverter (with its ovenized crystal oscillator) is on mains 
> power, awaiting last minute transfer to its own battery pack in the capsule 
> immediately prior to launch--that is, the car at departure; and the computer 
> is also on mains power until lift-off.
> 
> So, after all this pre-launch preparation, I'm really eager for a quiet dawn 
> in the field!
> 
> John 
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