[Lowfer] WG2XCT 475.2 KHz in SE Kansas

[Pat Bunn]

Thanks for the report John. I will way to 475.1 tonight to get some more separation. I plan to lay some more radials this afternoon and repair the lawn mower damage from summer mowing.

Pat


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On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:23 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:

> Returned to the field tonight and managed not to destroy any equipment this 
> time (so far as I can tell until daybreak).
> 
> Last night the QRN was individual crackles and crashes, but tonight it was a 
> roar.  (At 2200m it was S9 and I couldn't even see MP.)  None the less, I 
> could hear individual characters on 475.2 kHz...mainly the W and C were 
> discernable, once in a while the G, and occasionally a 2 or an X.  Never was 
> able to hear the whole ID cycle intact.
> 
> WD2XSH/6 was very prominent tonight.  Caught part of that call in CW too, 
> and had very clear traces on the QRSS message this time except for the 
> occasional deep fade.  Unfortunately, even with XCT at the very upper edge 
> of my filter passband, there was frequently enough signal from /6 to 
> distract my ear while trying to copy XCT.  I'd need either some DSP magic or 
> a little more frequency separation to pull you out clearly, Pat.
> 
> Even so, with the QRSS3 display, I was able to measure both frequencies to 
> within about +/-0.25 Hz, and logged XCT as 475,200.5 Hz and XSH/6 as 
> 475,321.5 Hz.
> 
> (I'd like to have tried a slower speed to let me resolve them closer, but 
> the calibration wouldn't have been any more precise because my reference... 
> WWV at 10 MHz... was exhibiting some pretty dreadful Doppler spreading here 
> this evening.)
> 
> John
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