[Lowfer] SAQ TEST TRANSMISSION 2012-01-12

[Douglas D. Williams]

Unfortunately, I'll be at work, but I did leave Spectran doing 5
minute screen captures on that frequency. Perhaps I'll have something
when I get home.

On 1/10/12, jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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"
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> 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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