[Lowfer] SAQ TEST TRANSMISSION 2012-01-12

[jrusgrove at comcast.net]

Ground control to major Tom 

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on 

;~) Jay


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD" <listread at lwca.org>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 11:52 PM
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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