[Lowfer] Thursday Night LF in SE KS

[JD]

Encouraged by the views of DK7FC on Jay's grabber yesterday evening, I went 
back out to the field at 11 PM CDT, but found static to be a continuous S9 
roar in 270 Hz bandwidth.  Eventually I gave up and took a look for MP, who 
was struggling to make it through the noise as well.  I tried the slow 
AGC/heavy clipping approach that worked well last weekend, but the noise 
last night was not as widely varying in level as it was then, so I ended up 
getting better results with the usual fast AGC and heavy clipping.  Both 
approaches are shown in this capture.

I also looked at 1750 m, particularly for MO as I had not seen it during my 
afternoon session yesterday (though WMS and SIW were adequately present in 
the afternoon).  It does not appear to have been on last night, either. 
Noise was one S-unit lower and not as continuous at 185+, so given MO's 
usual strength, I figure I probably should have been able to see it.  No go, 
no MO, though.

John 
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