[Lowfer] HiFERs in SE Kansas Today

[pat bunn]

John,

Should I back down the shift a little on USC?  I increased it because it 
was reported that is was too low.

pat
N4LTA

On 5/7/2013 11:13 PM, JD wrote:
> This afternoon was not terribly productive.  USC was quite strong; so much
> so, in fact, that the dogbones kind of interacted with the nearly 10 Hz wide
> frequency shift to interfere with itself a bit.  Sal's EH and N beacons shut
> down a minute  or so after I started watching, but returned abruptly about 4
> PM CDT with a lot of downward drift for a while until settling into place.
> NC faded in and out.  There was no sign of MP or the SIW duo, and the only
> audible CW beacon was MTI.  On Argo, I could detect the DAID pattern of AJO,
> but did not hear anything.
>
> Right about sunset, I went out and tried again. This time, MP was visible,
> but with USC straddling it.  No sign of N, but for a little while I thought
> I saw a ramp that could have been part of SIW's ID.  It didn't last long
> enough to be sure.  EH was strong, and NC was much improved from the
> afternoon.  Aural copy of FRC was quite good at times.  Thought I  heard
> SZK, but couldn't be sure...raspy QRM on the frequency.  Same with GNK.
> Lots of codar this evening, too.
>
> Continuous S9 static on 1750 m and a little louder on 2200 m, so I didn't
> see anybody there this evening.
>
> John
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