[Lowfer] WMS - Best Ever - and Propagation Tonite 1/23/2013

[Paul Daulton]

Thanks for reminding me to check the Austin grabber. I have yet to see 
my signal there. 

Been down with pneumonia, not been outside to check beacon in a couple 
of weeks. 

Paul

Quoting W5COV <cvest at cox.net>:
> WMS is still showing up every night , on the Austin , Texas grabber (
> http://www.techlib.com/slm.htm ) , sometimes just for brief periods 
> too. I can
> only recall one day/night this season when he didn't make at least a brief
> appearance . He often also shows up during the day on it for brief periods of
> time . The grabber is run by Charles Wenzel , an avid LowFER listener and
> builder , in the DC-2MHz. range . 
>
> WMS is not as strong , which appears to probably be propagation , as 
> he was when
> he first got his beacon back to full power this season . 
>
> Just this week I have hired a person to work on getting my LowFER 
> beacon antenna
> back up for me . He can only do it in his spare time , but made great 
> progress
> earlier this week . Trying to catch him and the days when it isn't 
> winter is a
> bit of a challenge . However after 2 years of not being able to find 
> anyone to
> do the work , that I am not physically able to do , a few days delay are sure
> not a problem with me. I may return to the air by as soon as early 
> next week and
> also once again have my HF , G5RV antennas back up , so perhaps we can once
> again have some LF QSO's and discussions . 
>
> Once the beacon is back on the air , then the receive antennas will come down
> for much needed service and upgrades , so this discussion has not only been
> extremely informative , but very timely too . 
>
> Charlie , W5COV
> ---- Garry Hess <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Looked some hours after Andy reported WMS very strong on 1/23/2013 and
> > was surprised not to even detect it. Same for last night when I looked
> > at the watering hole around 1100Z. SJ was fine and TAG was in there too
> > so the receiving setup was working normally. Does anyone still copy WMS?
> > --
> > 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
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Paul Daulton K5WMS
beacon WMS 185.302 khz qrss30/slow 24/7
Jacksonville,Ar 72076
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