[Lowfer] K3SIW & DK7FC Partial Capture

[Michael Sapp]

Gary & All

>Mike, didn't get started listening here until later, but got partial 
>copy of Stefan's signal using ARGO QRSS60 around his local sunrise

Very good Gary. Yes, I missed the "D" in the sequence by a minute or so.  Last night I
had partial visual waterfall copies of Stefan on 137.610 WSPR mode at 0400 and 0430Z but no decodes.
 I think you decoded DK7FC at 0400Z Mon nite....that 60ft white pine in front of the NE
EWE transformer here in EN90 needs to be stone cold for me to hear well to the NE.  Still a thrill to see the
modified HD-1420 work as well as it does given my limited experience on these frequencies.

Interesting to note that Euro 1 on 183 kHz was full Q5 audio and moving the S meter just before I
went to 136.172 Tue nite. Many times I have seen spotlight-like propagation on LW BCs only 9 kHz apart
to be extreme opposites,  so to see the coincidence on 136 and 183 kHz with elevated signals
 on both was quite interesting....

73  Mike wa3tts

PS to Dex:  I did the diode voltage drop thing on the FT-817 B+ supply over the weekend to 10.7V
 along with a new DC filter network and I seem to have cured that 1/2 to 1 Hz drift per hour on QRSS 30/60
that I have had for the past 6 months.  That extra one volt^2 or so of reduced total power dissipation makes a difference...

All those small improvements add up in the long run.....